Hirason Horuodono has worked with CCIF since 2003 and plays an important role in our conservation and protected area financial modeling work, designing and applying financial planning tools and field assessment methodologies. Hirason is also an a Associate with Starling Resources, an Indonesia-based consulting firm. He has extensive experience modeling costs and revenue projections for numerous protected areas and conservation programs. In addition Mr. Horuodono has practical experience conducting field assessments, data analyses, and community stakeholder consultations. He assists our partners in preparing business plans for alternative livelihoods and conducts fieldwork on the feasibility of conservation concessions and other community based-conservation approaches.
Hirason started his career as a freelance diver and has worked for various science projects with government institutions such as LIPI (Indonesian Science Institution) and non-government conservation groups like the World Wildlife Fund for Nature. Hirason holds a B.S. in Marine Science from Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.