Elizabeth A. Widjaja

Bambusa lako, in Sydney

Dr. Elizabeth Anita Widjaja (born 1951) is a Senior Principal Researcher of bamboo taxonomy at the Herbarium Bogoriense, Botany Division, Biological Research Centre at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences in Bogor, Indonesia.[1][2][3][4] She is especially interested in Indonesian bamboo and Malesian bamboo generally, and promotes the cultivation of bamboo for the prevention of erosion.[2]

Dr. Widjaja recently said, of bamboo as a source of biofuel, that:

It is an overwhelming source. Furthermore, it is easy to work with bamboo so research about bamboo-based biofuel should be cheaper.[5]

Bambusa lako (Timor black bamboo) was described and separated from the Indonesian black bamboo species Gigantochloa atroviolacea by Professor Widjaja in 1997, as its appearance (morphology) differed.[6]

Books

• Identikit jenis-jenis bambu di Jawa (Bamboo varieties found on Java) w/Kartikasari, S. N. (Sri Nurani), 2001, ISBN 979-579-035-8[7]
• Identikit jenis-jenis bambu di Kepulauan Sunda Kecil (Bamboo varieties of the Lesser Sunda Islands) w/Kartikasari, S. N. (Sri Nurani), 2001, ISBN 979-579-034-X[8]

Awards

• World Biodiversity Day Award, 1999, by the Indonesian State Ministry of Environment[2]
• Indonesian President Award, 2000[2]
• Harsberger Medal, for ethnobotanical studies (by the Society of the Ethnobotanist, India), 2001[2]

References

1. International Expert Consultation on Non-Wood Forest Products. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1995. ISBN 92-5-103701-9. Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
2. Dransfield, Soejatmi; Elizabeth A. Widjaja (1995). "Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 7. Bamboos". Backhuys Publishers. p. 189. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
3. Widjaja, Elizabeth A. "State of the art of Indonesian Bamboo". Bioversity International. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
4. "Elizabeth Anita Widjaja". Open Library. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
5. "Biofuel from Bamboo Tree". Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences. 2009-02-07. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
6. Widjaja, Elizabeth A. "New taxa in Indonesian bamboo". Reinwardtia. 11: 57–152.
7. Identikit jenis-jenis bambu di Jawa. National Library of Australia. 2001. ISBN 9789795790358. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
8. Identikit jenis-jenis bambu di Kepulauan Sunda Kecil. National Library of Australia. 2001. ISBN 9789795790341. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
9. International Plant Names Index.  Widjaja.