• Mario Mairal, Professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
• Olugbenga Oluwagbemi, Associated Professor, Sol Plaatje University
• Henintsoa Minoarivelo, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cape Town
• Wolf-Christian Saul, Researcher, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
• Guillaume Latombe, Lecturer, University of Edingburgh, UK
• Genevieve Diedericks, Research Assistant, University of Antwerp, Belgium
• Chris Broeckhoven, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Antwerp, Belgium
• Andriamihaja Ramanantoanina, Lecturer, University of Pretoria
• Beverley Grieshaber, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cape Town
• John B.H. Njagarah, Lecturer, Botswana International University of Science and Technology
• Darragh Woodford, Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
• Cecile Berthouly-Salazar, Researcher, IRD Montpellier, France
• Feng Zhang, Professor, Anhui University, China
• Denise Mager, CEO, Berrybush Environmental Consulting (Pty) Ltd
• Chavoux Luyt, Community Outreach Officer, Cape Leopard Trust
• Jan-Hendrik Keet, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stellenbosch University
• Ingrid Minnaar, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stellenbosch University
• David Phair, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stellenbosch University
• Savannah Nuwagaba, Lecturer, Makerere University
• Larisse Bolton, Postdoctoral Fellow, SACEMA Stellenbosch University
• Marcela Espinaze, Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen, UK
• Assumpta Nnakenyi, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cape Town
• Tremaine Robertson, Lecturer, University of Cape Town
• Ashleigh Basel, Research Scientist, CIAT-Biodiversity International