Lida Pet

Lida Pet-Soede holds graduate degrees (PhD) in Tropical Fisheries Biology and Management all from Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands. Major disciplines were fisheries biology and -management, socio-economics of developing countries, and fish culture.

She is an avid diver. She conducted her PhD research in Indonesia, supervised more than 100 students over the years, many of which have jobs in conservation and fisheries management and she co-authored more than 40 papers and publications.

Before joining WWF-Indonesia full time in 2003 and becoming the marine program director in 2004, she worked as consultant in SE Asia. Born in the Netherlands, she enjoys living in Indonesia with her family and takes frequent showing her two daughters the beauty of the Coral Triangle.

Leader Coral Triangle Initiative
WWF-Indonesia

Bali, Indonesia