Nyoman Suryadiputra graduated from the Faculty of Fisheries, Bogor Agricultural Institute in 1980, then in 1984/85 attended post graduate training on Limnology (in Austria) and in 1990/1991 on Environmental Management at Dresden Technical University, Germany. Nyoman Suryadiputra has more than 30 years of field experience in the field of wetland natural resource management, including inland and coastal water ecosystems (including mangroves and peatlands) and is currently a member of the advisory board of MLI (Indonesian Limnological Society) and also a member of IMS (Indonesian Mangrove Society).