Sally Hawkins is an environmental social scientist at the University of Cumbria, UK. She is a core member of the IUCN CEM Rewilding Thematic Group and a founding trustee of the Lifescape Project.

Ian Convery is Professor of Environment & Society at the University of Cumbria, co-chairs the IUCN CEM Rewilding Thematic Group, and is chair of IUCN CEM Western Europe.

Steve Carver is Director of the Wildland Research Institute at the University of Leeds, UK, and Co-Chair of the IUCN CEM Rewilding Thematic Group.

Rene L. Beyers is a Research Associate in the Beaty Biodiversity Research Centre at the University of British Columbia, Canada.