James Blignaut is an environmental and resource economist with seventeen years of experience. He is a part-time Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, and director of Jabenzi, Beatus, ASSET Research, and JAINSA. He specialises in the restoration of natural capital, renewable energy and economic development. Through ASSET and the other companies he aims to make rural development, conservation, and the restoration of natural capital a reality in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Martin de Wit is an environmental and resource economist. He started his own advisory firm, De Wit Sustainable Options (Pty) Ltd in 2005.  He specialises in managing the risks of, and finding solutions to, environmental problems.  Through De Wit Sustainable Options with its global network-based approach, he ensures cutting-edge thinking and flexibility in the new and rapidly changing world of economics and environmental management.

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James Aronson is a co-founder and co-coordinator of the Restoring Natural Capital Alliance, which works closely with ASSET in Africa, and with the Missouri Botanical Garden and other allies in Madagascar, Tropical America, Australia and elsewhere. He is head of the Restoration Ecology Group at the Center of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Montpellier, France, and curator of restoration ecology at the Missouri Botanical Garden, USA. He specialises in and works on restoration and rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems around the world.

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Dr Stephen (Steve) Mitchell is an ecologist specialising in limnology with over 30 years' experience. He recently retired from the Water Research Commission and is currently consulting and a Member of Bufo Technologies cc.

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Unboxed Publishing Consultancy provides services in all the aspects of the publishing value-chain. Unboxed partnered with ASSET regarding the general administration of projects, publishing stakeholder and client communications (such as the annual report and the project reports), as well as fundraising.

Leandri van der Elst is a copy-editor and full-time member of Unboxed Publishing Consultancy.

Samantha Miller specialises in marketing and PR and is a part-time member of Unboxed Publishing Consultancy. She is primarily responsible for the fundraising component in ASSET Research.