NAINA RAHARIJANAINA RAHARIJAONA leads Madagascar Expedition Agency, a fully Malagasy-owned nature and culture-based tourism business that strives to embed a strong conservation ethic in the growing tourism business in Madagascar. He has led tours with many well-known writers, environmentalists and filmmakers and believes in the sharing of information about environmental issues in Madagascar both in the international arena and at ground level.

ROGER DUGMORE is a Botswana-based professional field guide with 14 years of experience, a photographer and a film maker, whose work has been exhibited in many national museums. Roger has extensive experience of the African bush, with deep understanding of animal behaviour, the interaction between humans and animals and other ecological processes. He strongly believes that modern society has much to be gained from rethinking the place of humans on the Planet.

FATMA MOHAMMED OMAR lives on Pemba Island which is part of Zanzibar, Tanzania where she leads the governmental Department of Environment. She is also an active member of two local NGOs: the Pemba Island Relief Organisation (PIRO), dedicated to capacity building and improving the lives of young women, and the Community Development and Environmental Conservation of Zanzibar (CODECOZ) that focuses on environmental issues. Fatma is firmly committed to the improvement of the living conditions of the most vulnerable groups on Pemba Island, especially women.

TSIADINO CHAPLAIN TOTO [M.A.] is a researcher from Madagascar in the fields of history, culture and environment. He is also the founder President of Feon’ ny Ala (“Voice of the Forest”), a communitybased NGO that aims on amassing intellectual capital of students returning to their rural areas from university so that the knowledge gained can be applied to the development of rural communities. He considers the harmonization of indigenous knowledge with modern approaches as essential to finding lasting solutions in Madagascar.

MARTIN TORRESQUINTERO was born in Colombia but is based in the United States where he does fund-raising for IKM activities. A graduate from Southern Connecticut State University he has a strong background in geography and ecotourism and as an avid diver and mountaineer he has led numerous expeditions to biomes ranging from rainforests to underwater caves to alpine environments on three continents. He is has a strong believe that the private sector has an important role to play in preserving the world's ecosystems and the indigenous people in them.

FRANCOIS ODENDAAL [B.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D., FRGS] has done research and/or taught at Stanford University, Duke University and Connecticut State University and was also principal research officer in the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies at the University of Cape Town for many years. His areas of expertise are tourism development, coastal management, natural resource use, integrated development planning, institutional development, policy processes and protected areas development.

JOSÉ SOARES NENGANGA lives in Luanda, Angola, where he has been involved for five years in the improvement of social and environmental conditions of vulnerable fishing communities. He is the Executive Secretary of the Grupo de Apoio aos Povos Carentes (GAPC), an Angolan philanthropic NGO working in areas such as marine and inland artisanal fisheries, agriculture, education and human rights. He believes that only through collaborative work with the communities will it be possible to create livelihoods based on natural resources that will ensure the communities’ selfsustainability.

FAIRUZ MULLAGEE [ B.A. Hons; B. Phil] is a social researcher in the fields of design and manufacturing as well as a wide range of topics that have a strong bearing on societal health and local economic development. She has been involved in educational and career development NGO work for many years, and is a founder member of MADESA, a non-profit organisation that aims to develop synergy between indigenous and modern design.

HAYLEY RODKIN [ M.Phil. ] did her graduate research on the transformation of a major parastatal mining company in South Africa while at the University of Cape Town and later did social research on rural communities at the University of the Western Cape’s Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS). She is currently a manager/director in South Africa’s Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF).

PRISCILLA MAGERMAN hails from a small coastal town in Namaqualand where she has played a major role in establishing and managing successful community projects, in particular the Hondeklipbaai Multi-Purpose Resource Centre (MPRC) that focuses on information sharing, project management and local economic development. Priscilla currently works for the NamaquaNational Park. She believes that it is essential to strengthen the links between ground level needs and activities and national and international programmes and events.

ABDURAHMAN M. JUMA [ Ph.D.] was born and raised on the Islands of Zanzibar in Tanzania.He studied history and archaeology of Africa at Dar es Salaam University, Cambridge University and Uppsala University (Sweden).He works in the Department of Archives, Museums and Antiquities in Zanzibar as principal conservator of Zanzibar historical monuments and chief administrator of archaeological research. Abdurahman has taught at secondary school and university level and considers knowledge sharing as an integral part of the survival of the human race.

JOSEPH PEREB STEPHANUS has lived in many countries as an exile in the struggle years of Namibia and after independence became the CEO of Karas Regional Council. He has vast experience of development in Namibia and will continue to contribute to equitable development by pursuing a business and project development career and applying his knowledge and skills to local economic development. He is currently engaged in completing a Masters in Business Administration.

DAWIENA APPOLUS was born and raised in Namibia. Currently involved in tourism studies she has extensive experience along the South-North tourism route (www.southnorth. co.za) and has a keen desire to make the tourism industry in Namibia accessible to the broader population. She is a founding member of Sida !Hub Development Trust that focuses on rural development in Southern Namibia. She did an internship with EcoAfrica during the pilot phase of DLIST and has been an active participant ever since.

ISSA AMEIR SULEIMAN has for a long time been involved in fisheries management in Zanzibar and is very active in Western Indian Ocean networking. He works in the Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources in Unguja Island which is part of Zanzibar, Tanzania on issues relating to marine resources and the development of fishers. Dedicated to researching and spreading information on sustainable harvesting of living marine resources, he is also a member of the Zanzibar Association for Farmers and Fishermen Development (ZAFFIDE).