Hannah Kania is a Biology PhD student at Duke University who loves biodiversity. Her passion lies in using genetics to inform conservation of Earth’s flora and fauna.

Asghar Mobaraki is a wildlife conservationist with the Department of Environment in Iran. His focus in on research and conservation of reptiles, specifically sea turtles.

Rudrath Avinashi works on issues of community conserved areas through research, documentation, and networking with civil society organisations. He is a member of Kalpavriksh.

Bertie Ferns has interests in how conservation and traditional wildlife practices interact, contributing to conservation efforts that use complementary ex-situ and in-situ techniques.

Joanna Davala is a freelance illustrator & graphic designer specializing in branding, website design, and editorials.

Gathoni Mwai is one of the East Africa Portfolio Managers at Maliasili. Based in Nairobi, she is passionate about community-led conservation and innovation, and has a decade’s experience in social development, and a focus on sustainable resource management.

Trisha Gupta is a marine conservation scientist doing her PhD at the University of Oxford. She works on the conservation and sustainable fishing of sharks and rays in India.

Diya Deepak is excited about all things nature. After completing her bachelors in Environmental Studies, she is currently exploring community-based conservation working at the Dakshin Foundation.

Abel Job Abraham is a researcher with the Sustainable Fisheries programme of Dakshin Foundation, Bangalore. His work looks at the traditional systems of resource management on Minicoy Island.

Kruttika Susarla is an illustrator and cartoonist. Her practice ranges from making comics about animals side hustling in the gig economy to working with community-based organisations.

Harshavardhan Behura is freelance illustrator and Application Developer. He works as a developer for SAP labs. He has his own world of mesmerizing creations.

Sabiya is a Wild Animal Biologist at Wildlife Conservation Society-India. She is studying the behavioural ecology of dholes in a human-dominated landscape in the Western Ghats.

Advait is a student at Apeejay School, Panchsheel Park. He is a voracious reader and enjoys playing the leyboard and learning new languages.

Joshita Nayak is a student at Apeejay School, Panchsheel Park who enjoys writing poems, short skits, and performing classical dance.

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Anvi Sharma is a student at Apeejay School, Panchsheel Park. She loves to draw, paint and photograph nature.

Jake Clary is a devoted conservationist from Dublin, Virginia, USA. He completed this project as a part of his graduate work with Project Dragonfly at Miami University.

Ekisha Poddar is an Illustrator and Hand Poke tattoo artist based in Delhi. She enjoys storytelling through whatever medium she can get her hands on.

Akshita is an illustrator- comic artist with a passion of story-telling and drawing wide eyed characters!

https://www.instagram.com/journalxowl/

Sriya Singh is an artist and illustrator based in Bangalore, India. She works full-time for Chumbak and as a freelance illustrator for brands like Spotify, Netflix India, Kiehl’s, and Mongabay India, to name a few. She has a distinct style of illustration and loves drawing inspiration from human experiences, nature, and her imagination to recreate a beautiful world through her art.

https://www.instagram.com/sriyart/

Pearl D’Souza is an illustrator and visual artist from Goa, India. Her work reflects her passion for mental health, gender, feminism, body positivity and social good. She also has a keen eye for local design and storytelling, and is fascinated by market places. Pearl is a proud plant mom, and is often found drawing botanicals in her journals.

Instagram– pearl.dsouza

Aditi is a conservation biologist by training with a keen focus on making science accessible, she is the Head of Communications for Wildlife Conservation Society-India.

https://www.instagram.com/aditirajan94/

Rutuja Pardeshi is an Illustrator, Visual development artist, and a former engineering graduate. She works as an illustrator at Parchai Studio and as a Freelance Artist.

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Francis Massé, Assistant Professor, Dept of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University.’

Trishant Simlai holds a PhD in Geography and is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge.

Jevgeniy Bluwstein holds a PhD in Political Ecology, and is currently based at the University of Bern/Switzerland as a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Social Anthropology.