M. Ford Cochran
Director, Online Programming

Paula Willard
Producer

Christian Cabrera
Designer

Nancy Gupton
Writer

Marguerite DeLaine
Researcher

Paula Willard
Programmer

Ted Chamberlain
Editor

Derek Fetsch
Helen Harris
Laura Howden
Alivia Muller
Linda Rinkinen
Quality Assurance

Brian Handwerk
Anthony Watts
Asset Acquisition

Desiree Martin
Katy Wogec
Rights Clearance

Special Thanks
Renee Clepper, Mark Christmas, and Bella Desai

World Wildlife Fund Online Programs
Shelley Santora Jones
Manager of Online Communications

Matt Finarelli
Assistant Web Master/Web Developer

Roger Friedman
Web Content Developer/Editor

World Wildlife Fund Education Program
Judy Braus
Director of Education

Betty Olivolo
Senior Environmental Education Specialist

Jeffrey England
Environmental Education Specialist

Project Coordinators
Toni Nunes
Sue Sandmeyer

Writers
Carolyn Duckworth
Sheila Ferguson
Diane Lill
Miranda Mockrin
Kim O'Connell
Alison Ormsby
Leslie Ricketts
Sara St. Antoine
Nadia Steinzor
Jan Schipper
Christy Vollbracht
Stephanie Zehren
Shasta Back
Christine Burdette
Heather Zehren

Editors
Gerry Bishop
Ellen Lambeth
Luise Woelflein

Research Assistants
Noah Domont
Frank Krar
Robyn Mofsowitz
Carlie Rodriguez
Alessandra Sagasti
Ryan Cree
Caroline Mitten
Megan Thaler

Additional Assistance
Cathy Fuller
Senior Administrative Assistant

Robyn Mofsowitz
Senior Administrative Assistant

Chris Maness
Administrative Assistant

World Wildlife Fund Conservation Science Program
David Olson
Director of Conservation Science

Eric Dinerstein
Chief Scientist

Wesley Wettengel
GIS Administrator

John Lamoreux
Scientific Coordinator

Scientific and Mapping Consultants
David Olson
Eric Dinerstein
Eric Wikramanayake
Neil Burgess
George Powell
Robin Abell
Wesley Wettengel
Thomas Allnutt
Jennifer D'Amico
Patrick Hurley
Illanga Itoua
Kenneth Kassem
Yumiko Kura
John Lamoreux
Colby Loucks
Meghan McKnight
Miranda Mockrin
John Morrison
Sue Palminteri
Jolie Patterson
Jan Schipper
Holly Strand
Meseret Taye
Michele Thieme
Emma Underwood
Prashant Hedao
Christine Burdette

Photograph Reasearchers
Matt Anderson
Tim Green
Alex Solyom
Kevin Thibault
Sandy Huang

Acknowledgements

We wish to express our great appreciation to the thousands of scientists and conservationists who contributed to this effort. We also thank the many photographers who generously donated images to this project in order to foster a greater appreciation of the extraordinary diversity of life on our planet. With special thanks to Michèle Depraz and the staff of WWF-Canon Photolibrary

Mike Tait
Manager, Internet Development

Deane Kensok
Program Manager, Online Map Services

Todd Wesslen
Applications Programmer, Internet Development

Adelheid Freitag
Applications Programmer, Internet Development

David Bianco
Database Analyst, Internet Development

Andrea Rosso
Systems Engineer, Internet Development

Special Thanks
Jack Dangermond
S.J. Camarata
Team ArcIMS