About the Author(s)

Sayam U. Chowdhury is the Coordinator of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force, a conservation biologist with interests in the ecology and conservation of threatened species in Asia, and in applied issues of understanding and mitigating the impact of ecological changes on biodiversity, especially in a densely populated country like Bangladesh. His work is primarily focused on migratory shorebirds of the East Asian–Australasian Flyway, and developing tools for managing coastal habitats and identifying mitigation measures in response to climate change.

Dr. Christoph Zöckler is the Chairman of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force, a biologist and free-lance consultant on biodiversity for many international NGOs, including for the Manfred-Hermsen Foundation (MHS), FFI, IUCN, NABU and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), specializing on wetland and water bird conservation. He is also currently the chair of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force on behalf of the East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP). He has four decades expertise in biodiversity conservation, wetland restoration, protected area gazetting, threat analysis and monitoring with a particular focus on Arctic migratory species and coastal wetlands in Russia, China, India and Southeast Asia.