Dr Suyanto has a range of skills in socio-economics, natural resources economics, econometrics and institutional analysis. He conducted a study on the evolution of indigenous land tenure and tree resources management in the buffer zone of Kerinci Seblat National Park in Sumatra for his PhD dissertation in 1999 at Tokyo Metropolitan University.
Dr Suyanto memiliki berbagai keterampilan di bidang sosial ekonomi, ekonomi sumber daya alam, ekonometrika dan analisis kelembagaan. Beliau melakukan studi tentang evolusi penguasaan tanah adat dan pengelolaan sumber daya pohon di zona penyangga Taman Nasional Kerinci Seblat di Sumatera untuk disertasi PhD-nya pada tahun 1999 di Tokyo Metropolitan University.