Madhusudan Katti is Associate Professor for Leadership in Public Science in the Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. He studies how an evolutionary understanding of cities as social-ecological systems can help us reconcile nature and biodiversity conservation with human development.

Ritwick Dutta is an Environmental Lawyer and Managing Trustee, Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment.

Georgianne Griffiths is a community ecologist who studies invertebrates in all their wonderful diversity. She is interested in finding out about
the things insects do that help us humans, from eating the pests that attack our crops, to recycling nutrients for plant growth. She currently works in New Zealand and the UK.

Aparajita Datta leads NCF’s Eastern Himalaya programme, under which research and community-based conservation with hornbills as a
flagship has been carried out for 20 years. She has been a member of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and a member of
the State Wildlife Advisory Board of Arunachal Pradesh. She has evaluated and critiqued proposed dam projects in Arunachal. Her interests
include plant–animal interactions, understanding human impacts on wildlife, and engaging with tribal communities for conservation.

Katie Shanks studies the combination of optics and solar power to develop more efficient technology made from novel materials. This has led her into areas of biomimicry and building applicable designs for maximum impact. She has always been interested in the self-sustainability of renewable energy and enjoys the mixture of creative design and problem-solving that comes with this cutting-edge technology.

Emmanuelle Briolat has recently completed her PhD at the University of Exeter, researching the striking warning colours of burnet moths.

Prashanth M.B. is a Research Associate at ATREE, who has studied birds in humandominated landscapes and grassland-savannas;
apart from harriers, he has also worked on inventorying and mapping waterbirds with the help of citizen scientists. Prashanth has worked
with Dr. T. Ganesh, who has led the project on tracking harriers to understand migration patterns and identifying key habitats.

Dr Nestor Gregorio is a research fellow at the Tropical Forests and People Research Centre of the University of the Sunshine Coast. His research interest is in peoplebased forestry, and he is mainly involved in ACIAR-funded forest and landscape restoration research projects in the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.

T. R. Shankar Raman is a wildlife biologist and writer at the Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) with interests in tropical ecology and conservation. His research and writing focuses on tropical forests, conservation of birds and other wildlife, and human connections to the rest of nature

Divya Mudappa is a wildlife biologist at the NCF with research interests in the field of tropical ecology, particularly of rainforests. Her work focuses on plant-animal interactions, animal behaviour, restoration ecology, and conservation biology.

Anand Osuri is an ecologist at NCF, presently a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York. His research interests are at the interface of tropical forest ecology and conservation, exploring the role of restoration in recovering and sustaining forest biodiversity and ecosystem functions in human-dominated tropical landscapes

Pedro H. S. Brancalion is a professor of tropical forestry and restoration ecology at the “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Dr. Fangyuan Hua is a conservation ecologist with a research focus on understanding and conserving forest biodiversity. She is currently a Newton International Fellow of the British Royal Society, based at the University of Cambridge.

Rhett D Harrison is a landscape ecologist with the World Agroforestry Centre, based in Lusaka, Zambia. He has diverse
research interests and has worked in over 20 tropical countries.

Robin Chazdon is a retired professor at the University of Connecticut, research professor with the Tropical Forests and People Research Centre at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia,and adjunct professor at the University of Colorado

Dr. Phil Doherty is a marine ecologist focusing on the movement ecology and spatial patterns of marine vertebrates.
His research integrates the use of spatial ecological tools, including satellite tracking, and remote sensing to inform conservation strategies

Mahira Kakajiwala in her past lives, has been a marine biologist and a baker. She is now an educator, looking for ways to communicate the amazingness of the oceans and its critters to anyone who will stop and pay attention.

Rohan Arthur is a scientist with the Nature Conservation Foundation. He works on ocean and coastal systems in the Indian Ocean and (on occasion) in the Mediterranean.

Hasmukh Dhumadiya is an Enviro-Legal Coordinator working in the Environmental Justice Program of Centre for Policy Research out of Devbhumi Dwarka district in Gujarat

Bharat Patel, currently work on the issues of coastal industrialisation and livelihoods of the fisherfolk in Mundra,
Gujarat. I am the General Secretary of MASS – Machchimar Adhikari Sangharsh Sangathan

Krithika Dinesh is a legal researcher with an interest in environmental issues. She is currently working out of Keonjhar, Odisha in an Environment Justice Program of Centre for Policy Research.

Isabella is an education enthusiast with a passion for environmental conservation. She is in her last semester at the Environmental Studies degree program at The New School and completed previous studies in art curating and criticism at Central Saint Martins. During the Summer she worked for The Klosters Forum and assisted in executing their 2018 Ocean Pollution conference.

Valencia Beckwith is a student at FSU studying the impacts of microplastic on marine turtles.

Mariana Fuentes is marine conservation biologist at Florida State University, whose research focuses on developing sciencebased solutions for the conservation and management of sea turtles.

Sarah Nelms is a PhD researcher at the University of Exeter and Plymouth Marine Laboratory interested in understanding the pathways by which anthropogenic activities may affect marine megafauna. Her work focuses on the interactions between plastic pollution and marine mammals, turtles and sea birds.

Archana Anand is an engineer and a biologist. She is currently doing her PhD at the University of Hong Kong and
researches human impacts on water quality, marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Her other interests are dancing and painting.

Jennifer Powers is an ecologist at the University of Minnesota, United States. She has been studying tropical forest ecology in Costa Rica and other countries since 1995.

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.

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.