Stefania Albertazzi holds a PhD in geography from the University of Padua (2021), currently works as a research fellow at the University of Milan and teaches Geography at Ca' Foscari University in Venice. He works on deforestation and nature conservation in the Global South, reading environmental issues from a political ecology perspective. He has research experience in Zambia, Kenya and Italy.

Valerio Bini is professor of Geography at the Department of Cultural and Environmental Heritage, University of Milan, where he teaches Development Geography and Environmental Politics. His main areas of research include development cooperation (La cooperazione allo sviluppo in Africa, Mimesis, 2016), political ecology (Africa. La natura contesa, Edizioni ambiente, 2020) and agri-food policies in Africa.

Guido Trivellini has a PhD in experimental ecology and 20 years of practice in conservation biology and development cooperation. He has a deep knowledge of African ecological dynamics (with professional experiences in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Republic of Congo), where he has operated in zoological research, environmental consulting and community based conservation. In his life, he has worked for smaller and large NGOs, including the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), as well as a private consultant for the private sector.