Rinki Sarkar is a solitary researcher intoxicated by mountain landscapes. She also enjoys teaching and sharing her field insights only to experience the sparkle of spell-bound eyes.

Dr. Carson Jeffres is a researcher at the Center for Watershed  Sciences, University of California, Davis who studies how native fish utilize and benefit from restored habitats.

Jonathan Stahl directs Adventure Programs and Experiential Learning at Washington State University, providing outdoor programs that foster leadership and environmental stewardship.

Amanda Stahl studies riverine ecology and conservation policy. She recently completed a Ph.D. in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University, USA.

Sana Bansal is an illustrator and visual designer, who draws odd humans, odd animals and everything in between. Her work is often influenced by folktales and magic realism.

Saloni Bhatia spends most of her time either working in or dreaming about the Himalaya. She hopes to eventually  build a cozy little nest for herself and her pets amid the snowy mountains.

Aashti Miller is an architect and illustrator. She is the sole force behind MillerInk, a graphic design and illustration studio. She ‘constructs’  her drawings in an attempt to unite her two seemingly disparate worlds.

Adithi Muralidhar works at the Homi Bhabha  Centre for Science Education, TIFR. She is a  nature enthusiast and has a keen interest in the  dynamics of society and the environment.

Deborah Dutta is a researcher and writer who likes collecting and sharing stories, seeds and recipes. Find more about her literary rambles at https://linktr.ee/deborahdutta.

Sonya Sankaran’s work as an artist, ecologist, and educator  connects people to art and nature as a means to improve human and environmental health.

Dr Manju Vasudevan Sharma is a pollination ecologist  who currently works on building NTFP-based enterprises with indigenous women, as a means to help assert community forest rights.

Shruti Sunderraman is a journalist, writer, and editor who has been working with culture, gender, and scientific commentary. Conservation has made a place in her life in different ways – sometimes, in how she invokes the ecology of living into her work, and many times, in how she engages with the world. At Current Conservation, she tries to find the most effective way to communicate the urgency of science and all that lives. To Shruti, personal is political, which is why she hugs trees. She lives in Bangalore in her garden, with her cat.

Subhankar Chakraborty studies animal behaviour and conservation genetics. mail.subhankarc@ gmail.com.

Begoña de la Fuente is Forest Manager at Junta de Castilla y León, Spain

Santiago Saura is Professor at the Forestry School, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain. santiago. saura@upm.es.

Víctor Hugo Cruz-Escalona is Professor in the Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México.

Enric Cortés is a Research Fishery Biologist in National Marine Fisheries Service, Panama City, USA.

Andrés Felipe Navia is the Director of Fundación SQUALUS, Cali, Colombia. anavia@squalus.org.

Prateek Sharma is a biosciences researcher by training and freelance writer. prateek4261@gmail.com

Anne Heloise Theo is a PhD student at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. anne@ces.iisc.ernet.in.

J W Duckworth has spent most of his working life involved in conservation in South-east Asia, with a particular interest in mammals. He has visited India several times for inspiration in this work, and looks at the book in recognition of its regional interest. Will.DUCKWORTH@iucn.org

Vanjulavalli Sridhar is an Indian Forest Service officer, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), vanju313@gmail.com

Uddipana Kalita is an independent researcher studying resource extraction patterns and how this affects primate communities in the Manas Tiger Reserve, Assam, India.

Sapna Jayaraman is an independent researcher, looking at sustainable use of marine resources in Gujarat, India, sapna.jayaraman@gmail.com.

Vishnupriya S is a Researcher Associate at Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India, vishnupriya10@gmail.com.

Suman Jumani is an independent researcher working on freshwater ecosystems in the Western Ghats, sumanjumani@gmail.com

Arjun Srivathsa is a Research Associate at the Centre for Wildlife Studies and Wildlife Conservation Society, India. arjuns.cws@gmail.com.