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
Uddipana Kalita is an independent researcher studying resource extraction patterns and how this affects primate communities in the Manas Tiger Reserve, Assam, India.
Deepthi Chimalakonda is a research assistant at the Ecological Modelling and Economics Lab, National University of Singapore, Singapore, diptibharadwaj.l@gmail.com.
Ashwin Viswanathan is a project assistant at the Theoretical Ecology Lab, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, ashwinv2005@gmail.com.
Amod Zambre is a project assistant in Maria Thaker’s lab, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, amodzambre@ces.iisc.ernet.in.
Matthew Godfrey works for the North Carolina Wildife Resources Commission and manages their sea turtle conservation programmes. He has over two decades of experience in sea turtle biology and conservation. mgodfrey@seaturtle.org
Wallace J Nichols, PhD is a Research Associate at the California Academy of Sciences. wallacejnichols.org This essay was first published in the Catamaran Literary Reader.
Rebecca Scott is a Future Ocean post doctoral fellow at the GEOMAR research institute|Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung, Kiel. beckyscott130@hotmail.com
Bram Büscher is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands, and Department of Geography, Environmental Management & Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. buscher@iss.nl
Gavin McDonald is a senior project researcher at UCSB’s Environmental Market Solutions Lab (emLab). His work includes using data and modeling to better understand the challenges facing small-scale fisheries, and to design effective solutions for overcoming these challenges. You may reach him at: gmcdonald@bren.ucsb.edu .