About the Author

Louise Jasper is a graphic designer and conservation photographer who has been working in environmental interpretation in Madagascar since 2006. She recently produced a book on the world's baobabs in partnership with the Arboretum d'Antsokay, and has created a wide variety of marketing and environmental interpretation materials for a number of conservation organizations in Madagascar including WWF and Madagascar National Parks.Charlie Gardner has been working as a conservationist in Madagascar since 2005, as a Scientific Advisor to WWF and a range of other organizations. He has authored over 40 scientific publications on Madagascar's biodiversity and its conservation, and in 2014 completed his PhD on the expansion of Madagascar's protected areas at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (University of Kent).