Mita is a legal Indonesian legal professional with extensive experience in environmental law and policy, focusing on issues related to water management, climate resilience, and pollution. She holds a Master of Laws from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) at the University of Dundee, UK, and a Bachelor of Laws from Diponegoro University, Indonesia.
Her publications include a report on the role of the regulatory framework in ensuring the sustainability of community-based water and sanitation, a paper on regulatory challenges in phasing out persistent organic pollutants in Indonesia, and an article on the plastic shopping bag tax as a potential solution to waste management issues. She has also collaborated with researchers from the Center for Regulation, Policy and Governance (CRPG) and the University of Technology Sydney-Institute for Sustainable Futures (UTS: ISF) on a report reviewing the regulatory framework for local-scale wastewater.
Mita has worked as a national consultant for the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) on the UNWASTE project, addressing waste trafficking between the EU and Southeast Asia. She has also served as a researcher on various environmental projects, including the development of lead paint laws in Indonesia, the thematic study on the right to a safe, clean, and sustainable environment in ASEAN, and the legal and regulatory framework for mercury management in Indonesia.
In her capacity as a consultant, Mita has contributed to the drafting of a Ministry Regulation for Phasing Out PCBs in Indonesia and conducted legal research on environmental information disclosure policy for the Indonesian Ministry of Environment. She has also worked as a program coordinator for projects focused on reducing mercury supply and availability in Indonesia and strengthening the right to information for people and the environment (STRIPE).
Mita has participated in numerous seminars and trainings related to environmental law and policy, including the Rio+20 Conference in Rio de Janeiro and the UN-DPI NGO meeting in Bonn, Germany. She has completed a course on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers from UNITAR and the University of Geneva.