Deputy Director for Sources Control of Peatland Ecosystem Degradation, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia
Muhammad Askary is a senior officer in the Directorate General of Pollution Control and Environmental Degradation, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia. He has spent 29 years of his career in the field of Environmental Protection and Management, both in policy development and technical implementation, including environmental laboratory, environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment, hazardous waste management, and pollution and environmental degradation control. In the last 7 years (2015-2022), he has led his team to restore the hydrological function of more than 3,6 million hectares of degraded peatlands ecosystem in Indonesia which significantly contributed in alleviating global climate changes.