Sylvestre Tsirahamba is a Geographer at l’Université de Toamasina, Madagascar (tsirahamba@yahoo.fr).

Jeffrey C. Kaufmann is Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA (jeffrey.kaufmann@usm.edu).

Siddhartha Krishnan is a sociologist and is currently a Fellow, Social Sciences at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore (siddhartha. krishnan@atree.org).

During the pandemic, I realized how disconnected we are from nature and grew apathetic and ignorant of the world we live in overtime. The ground reality of climate change and wildlife degradation is far worse than we see on media. I hope to invoke a feeling of empathy and bridge the knowledge gap through my illustrations.

David O’Connor is President of Save Giraffes Now, based in Dallas, Texas. 

Jenny A. Glikman is Senior Social Scientist for the Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA-CSIC) in Cordoba, Spain. Her works focuses on understanding human-wildlife interactions and improving coexistence.

Stephanie Fennessy is the Director of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. From their base in Namibia, GCF implements and supports giraffe conservation and management efforts in 16 African countries. 

Julian Fennessy is the Director of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. From their base in Namibia, GCF implements and supports giraffe conservation and management efforts in 16 African countries. 

Matilda Dun is a PhD student in the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London and is interested in biodiversity policy, designing evaluations and wildlife trade.

Kirstie Ruppert is a Social Scientist at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, where her work focuses on the human dimensions of wildlife conservation and community engagement.

Sara is a veterinarian and PhD scholar working on developing new methods for field-based wildlife health assessments. She is planning on specialising in wildlife conservation.  

I consider stories to be an instinctive, intuitive and integral part of communicating ideas to the world. Being an animation student, I aspire to harness this power of storytelling to weave narratives through visuals. Our environment is full of diversity and complexities that must be safeguarded, and I wish to contribute to this movement through my art. After all, nature is full of stories waiting to be told.

Karunya Baskar is a visual designer and artist who loves to travel. Whether it’s scuba diving, surfing or trekking through the hills, she’s always up for an outdoor adventure.

Karthik Teegalapalli is a Junior Research Fellow at the G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development (karthik.teegalapalli@gmail.com).

Steven E. Sanderson is President and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, USA (ssanderson@wcs.org).

Kent H. Redford is Director of WCS Institute, and Vice President of Conservation Strategy, at the Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, USA (kredford@wcs.org).

Pamela McElwee is Assistant Professor at the School of Global Studies, Arizona State University,
Arizona, USA (pamela.mcelwee@asu.edu).

Benedict Kingsbury is a Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law, and the Director of the Institute for International Law and Justice (IILJ) and the Global Administrative Law Project, at the New York University School of Law, New York, USA (benedict.kingsbury@nyu.edu).

Doreen Lustig is a Doctor of Juridical Science ( JSD) Candidate and a Scholar at the Institute of International Law and Justice (IILJ) at the New York University School of Law, New York, USA (doreenlustig@nyu.edu).

Annu Jalais is at the Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics, London, UK (a.jalais@lse.ac.uk).

Lotte Hughes is Lecturer in African Arts and Cultures at the Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies, and the History Department, Faculty of Arts, The Open University, UK (l.hughes@open.ac.uk).

Kim Beazley is a PhD candidate at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (krb28@cam.ac.uk).

Rucha Ghate is Director, SHODH: The Institute for Research and Development, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India (ruchaghate@gmail.com).

Jane Carruthers is a Professor at the Department of History, University of South Africa, Unisa, South Africa (carruej@unisa.ac.za).

James Igoe is at the Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA (james.j.igoe@dartmouth.edu).

Viktor Ködöböcz is regional programme manager of the Hungarian National Biomonitoring System at the Hortobágy National Park Directorate, Hungary (viktor@www.hnp.hu).

Vera Vasas is PhD student at the Department of Plant Taxonomy and Ecology, ELTE University,
Budapest, Hungary (vvasas@yahoo.com).

Béla Tóthmérész is a Professor of Quantitative Ecology at the Ecological Institute, University of Debrecen, Hungary (tothmerb@ gmail.com).

Tibor Magura is a field biologist at the Hortobágy National Park Directorate, and leader of the Carabidology Research Group at the University of Debrecen, Hungary (magura@ hnp.hu).