Contributors

Peter Coyne enjoyed an exciting career in nature conservation, mainly with the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service. His main focus was terrestrial and marine protected area systems, in which he had a major influence. A highlight was his posting to Norfolk Island in 1978 to set up the Service’s operations there. He has a...

Wildlife Photography has been his passion for the last 8 years. He started his journey with wildlife by roaming the forests Mohananda WLS, Ranthambore, Tadoba & Kabani in India. He likes to capture photos with the effect of backlighting and to experiment with various action shots of animals and birds with his Canon 7D Mark...

Jashika Patel is a South African-born UKbased nature photographer, a wildlife lover and an explorer of our beautiful planet.

Karamveer Singh Palna was born in Eldoret and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. Growing up near the outskirts of Nairobi National Park, meant frequent visits to the park around which he started developing the hobby of photographing some of Kenya’s wildest treasures: the wildlife. He picked up photography at the age of 12 by using his...

Vipin was born and brought up in the city of Alwar near Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajastan. He likes to describe himself as an engineer by ‘fault’ but a born wildlife lover by ‘default’. Vipin started out his photography journey by documenting the wildlife in his backyard lawn, learning and honing his trade through books and...

Rich Gilmore has been the Country Director for The Nature Conservancy in Australia since 2014. Before joining TNC, Rich has experience as the CEO of the Balibo House Trust working on sustainable economic development in Timor-Leste, CEO of Earthwatch Australia, as a derivatives trader with Ord Minnett Jardine Fleming, and with global packaging firm Amcor....

Tom Allen is acting campaign manager for the Wilderness Society Tasmania. Led successful, community-driven conservation campaign in Dover, southern Tasmania. Played key role in organisation’s first-ever ‘above the line’ election campaign. Key role in advising campaign and community-focused communications.

Sascha Fonseca is originally from Germany and now lives in Dubai. His childhood in the countryside of northern Germany, before the dawn of the internet era, instilled in him the love for nature and wildlife. He soon realised that, with the right skills and equipment, photography would allow him to take the wild animals home...