Contributors

‘Travelling among Myanmar’s Naga made me acutely aware of my access to all the things we take for granted, such as electricity, shops, running water and healthcare,’ says Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent (page 50). ‘ The majority of

Naga I met don’t have the luxury of choice – their lives are mapped out the moment they’re born. For most it’s a life of hard toil, endless repetition and opium addiction.’

‘Russians talk a lot about “the Chinese threat”, especially around Lake Baikal, which has attracted increasing numbers of Chinese tourists and investors over the past few years, says Jens Mühling

( page 18). ‘As I travelled the frozen lake with Hong Kong-born photographer Justin Jin, that kind of talk sometimes felt personal. The beauty of Baikal, we thought, is only matched by the ugliness of its culture clashes.’

After selling his business in 2014, Peter Wilson (page 66) travelled 122,500 kilometres over 285 expedition-days on three long-range helicopter journeys, with the purpose of inspiring, educating and promoting the idea of living on a better planet through sustainable development. ‘I saw places in the biosphere that are so important and beautiful that only pictures do them justice.’