Farma Mangunsong is a researcher who is also a permanent lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia. Farma studied S1 at the Economics and Development Study Program, Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia and then continued his master’s degree at the Economics Study Program, University of Indonesia. Currently Farma is continuing her doctoral education at Institute for Population and Social Research (IPSR), Mahidol University, Thailand. Farma’s interest and focus is on Environmental Economics and Public Policy.