Deepika Nandan is an illustrator, animator, and tattoo artist. Using location and context-specific media, she investigates the biosphere and the detrimental human impacts on it.

Yazhini Sathiamoorthy loves reading and writing about nature and sustainability. Being an army brat, she got to visit different places and observe people and nature.

Adam Curt Custock is an anthropologist affiliated with the Centre for Environmental Humanities, Aarhus University, who cares about how society and science is always a two-way street in mutually shaping each other

Priya Ranganathan is a PhD scholar at ATREE. When she’s not lost in the Western Ghats, she spends her time dancing and penning down short stories on nature.

Swati Addanki is a Mumbai-based illustrator and animator. She enjoys drawing old women and cats.

Anthony B. Rylands (USA) is Primate Conservation Director at Re:wild and Deputy Chair of the IUCN SSC PSG.

Karim Ouattara (Côte d’Ivoire) is Associate Professor at the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, resarch associate at CSRS, and treasurer of the APS.

Ekwoge Abwe (Cameroon) is the manager of the Ebo Forest Research Project and Secretary General of the APS.

Jonah Ratsimbazafy (Madagascar) is the Co-Vice Chair of the Madagascar section of the PSG, the President of the Madagascar Primate Research Group, and the elected President of the International Primatological Society.

Rachel Ikemeh (Nigeria) is the Executive Director and co-Founder of SW/Niger Delta Forest Project, Co-Vice Chair of the PSG for Africa and Founding member of the APS.

Russell A. Mittermeier (USA) is currently Chief Conservation Officer of Re:wild (formerly Global Wildlife Conservation). He is the Chairman of the IUCN SSC PSG and a member of the Steering Committee of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC).

Inza Koné (Côte d’Ivoire) is Director General of the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques (CSRS), President of the African Primatological Society (APS) and Co-Vice Chair of the Africa Section of the IUCN/SSC Primates Specialist Group (PSG).

Divya Ribeiro is a graphic and information designer from Goa, India. She currently works as a designer at Revisual Labs.

Alphonce Mallya is an MBA alumnus from ESAMI and a program Director for The Nature Conservancy in northern Tanzania

Anarya is a freelance illustrator and art educator based in Delhi. She works as Programmes Manager for Artreach India.

John Kamanga is a Maasai community leader and the director of the South Rift Association of Landowners in southern Kenya

Dr. Peadar Brehony’s interests lie in understanding the impact of conservation efforts on social–ecological systems, resilience, pastoralism and conservation in working landscapes.

Dr. Peter Tyrrell has recently finished his PhD at the University of Oxford focusing on the interplay between livestock, wildlife and conservation in the South Rift, Kenya.

Maliasili works with many of these leaders through its leadership programmes. This includes our 30 community-focused conservation partners that work in eastern and southern Africa (including Madagascar.) Through our African Conservation and Marine Leadership Programmes, we also work directly with 65 individual leaders, helping to build their leadership knowledge and capacity to lead effectively.

John Newby is a conservation biologist specializing in the critically endangered birds and mammals of the Sahara. His current focus is on
effective co-management of key protected areas in Chad and Niger.

Niharika Shenoy is a freelance illustrator, translator and copywriter.

Dr Susan Snyman is Research Director at African Leadership University’s School of Wildlife Conservation, with over 20 years experience in resource economics, rural communities and conservation in Africa.

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is Founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), Uganda, an NGO that protects grillas and other wildlife through the One Health approach. She is also and Vice President of the APS.

Fred Nelson is CEO of Maliasili, which works to support leading local conservation and natural resource organizations, primarily in Africa and Madagascar, to help them grow their work and impact.

The Green Hub is a video fellowship programme for youth across the northeast, and subsequently other regions of India. The Green Hub Fellowship involves learning technical aspects of filming, editing, and storytelling; bringing to life untold stories of the land, people and generational knowledge. Representing remote tribal areas, marginalized communities as well as urban spaces – the Green Hub Fellows are envisioned to be catalysts of positive change, amplifying the idea of ecological security as the bedrock of a sustainable future. The Fellowship
engagement continues to flow into the alumni network and the impact on the ground The idea is to engage and empower youth in conservation education, action, climate sustainability and social change through the visual medium; and create a digital resource bank
for wildlife, environment and indigenous knowledge.

Green Hub has more than 100 fellows from all the states of NER. With more than 47 partner organizations, Green Hub has produced more than 200 films with almost 40 short films being added every year, covering a range of environmental and social issues with special focus on
indigenous knowledge and wildlife.

Harshad Sambamurthy works with WWF India’s Wildlife & Habitats Division and is based in New Delhi.

Indrani Ghosh is a visual storyteller who likes to tell stories about people and their lives. She enjoys spending time with strays and making comics with her quirky sense of humor.

Nitish Kumar is currently a student of MSc Ecology at Pondicherry University. Living in close proximity to wildlife throughout his life has ignited a sense of adventure and his love for nature. His interest lies in the study of the behavioural ecology of small carnivores.