David Bartholomew is a tropical forest ecologist investigating the impacts of climate change on tropical forests. He is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Exeter in the Geography department, funded by the NERC GW4+ Doctoral Training Partnership.

Debangshu Moulik is a visual artist and illustrator based in Pune, India. He is mostly found painting on huge canvases or hunched over heaps of papers scribbling away.

Rohan Chakravarty is a cartoonist, illustrator and animation designer hailing from Nagpur. He is the creator of Green Humour, a series of cartoons, comics and illustrations on wildlife, nature conservation, environment, sustainability and all things green.

Iván Vera-Escalona is a Chilean biologist, PhD at Dalhousie University. He is interested in the historical and contemporary patterns of native species and the impact of landscape modifications and the introduction of invasive species on them.

Madhurya Balan is an artist, illustrator, experiential learning facilitator, gardener and re-wilder. She is a believer and practitioner in free thought, speech and choices.

Chrissy Henriques is a graduate student at Miami University studying biology with a focus on primate conservation and awareness. She completed this project as a part of her work with Project Dragonfly at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Sagarika Bhatia is an illustrator from Dehradun. She likes books by Ruskin Bond, and music by Bonobo. In her free time she likes to explore the country, read and catch up on some sleep.

Michael Adams is an Associate Professor of Human Geography at the Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space, University of Wollongong, Australia.

Dhwani Shah is an illustrator and graphic designer from Mumbai. She studied design from Sir J.J. School of Applied Art,
Mumbai and National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. She enjoys working on editorial illustrations, non-fiction comics and publication design projects.

Rachael Knight is the Senior Advisor for Land at Namati. She has been working to document and protect community land rights since 1998 when, researching the Zimbabwean land invasions, she understood that strong land rights are the basis of thriving, prosperous, ecologically-flourishing communities.

Priyanka Hari Haran is currently a research assistant at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
(ATREE). This piece draws on her master’s dissertation work with mixed-species flocks of birds in Kali Tiger Reserve

Sumedha Sah is a self-taught illustrator and an architect with a master’s degree in sustainable architecture, with a keen interest in the transformation of the relationship between man and nature. She currently lives and works out of her studio in Mysore, Karnataka.

Janet Mays Carpenter is a graduate student in the AIP programme at Miami University and will graduate in December with a MA in Biology. She has a B.S. in Environmental Health from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

Jobin Varghese is a PhD scholar at IISER-Tirupati, figuring out the ‘hows’ and ‘wheres’ of bird movements in Western Ghats. He illustrates to preserve his sanity.

Pratim Roy is one of the founder directors of Keystone Foundation, and is trained in ecology and environmental
diplomacy. He is interested in bees, water, wetlands, advocacy, and the politics of environmental change. His vision of a collaboration with Cornell University has resulted in the Nilgiris Field Learning Center.

Snehlata Nath is one of the founder directors of Keystone Foundation and is trained in development economics. Her interests are in non-timber forest products, agrobiodiversity, indigenous people’s issues, and community well-being. She works with several field based organisations across South and South East Asia on issues of forest-based livelihoods.

Rebecca Stolzfus is President, Goshen College, and ProfessorEmerita, Nutritional Sciences and Global Health, Cornell University

Andrew Willford is Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University. His research has focused on ethnic identity, the politics of development, and mental health in Malaysia and India. His  publications include Tamils and the Haunting of Justice: History and Recognition in Malaysia’s Plantations (2014)

Anita Varghese is deputy-director at Keystone Foundation and is trained in forest ecology. Her interests are in plant ecology, sustainable harvesting of forest products, endangered species, traditional ecological knowledge and forest management.

Neema Kudva is an urban planner, architect and educator based at the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. Her research addresses community-based planning, small city urbanisation, and pedagogical experiments around citizenship and engagement. She is the current Faculty Lead for the NFLC.

Steven Wolf teaches and conducts research on political economy of environment at Cornell University. Together with his Finnish wife he is raising two kids and working hard to keep one eye on socioecological problems and the other one on opportunities for enchantment.

Antara Bhargava is a Graphic, UI/UX Designer & Illustrator, Antara Bhargava graduated in Visual Communication and Strategic Branding from Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology, she is now the senior designer at Studio Eksaat and also manages web, graphic, illustration projects on the side.

Seshadri K.S. recently completed his PhD from the National University of Singapore. He is currently the Research Director at the Agumbe Rainforest Research Station in India.

Sreeja Basu is a designer and illustrator based in Kolkata. She has studied art and design in Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore and liberal arts at the Young India Fellowship, Ashoka University, Sonipat. Her interest is in
child safety and development, gender and sexuality, and education and play.

Talia Nicole Tamason has studied and participated in conservation research in Mexico, Australia, Costa Rica, Namibia
and Thailand. She currently resides in Chicago, IL as an educator

Vidyasagar Saple is a graphic designer and visual artist based in Mumbai. His dual life allows him to work with a variety of creative fields and constantly explore different mediums. Recent projects include an animated short film for World Monument Fund, branding for a car company and a wall mural.

Maanvi Kapur is a visual artist, and has been practicing illustration ranging from editorials to murals professionally for almost a decade. She has worked for brands like New York Magazine, Netflix India, BBC Media, Amazon, to name a few.

Vrushal Pendharkar is a science freelancer. He sometimes writes about food and culture. When not doing that he likes to bird and bake.

Upasana is an illustrator from Kolkata who believes in creating greater representation of brown women, queer and trans people in their work. Apart from illustrating they organise an LGBTQ art space in Kolkata.