Forest and environment conservation had been Nazir Foead’s world far before President Jokowi named him head of the Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) in January 2016. The forestry graduate from the Gadjah Mada University had already spent most of his career working for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-an international NGO working to conserve wildlife and reduce humanity’s footprint on the environment.

Over the past two decades, Nazir, 50