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Fanny Lai is passionate about wildlife. She is a cartoonist, author, travel writer and former Group CEO of Wildlife Reserves Singapore, which comprises the Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, Jurong Bird Park and River Wonders. She is known for her entrepreneurial business skills through a career that has spanned 30 years in marketing and corporate management. Fanny holds an Executive MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Bjorn Olesen is a retired corporate executive, award winning wildlife photographer, author and engaged conservationist. A Singapore resident, he has lived over 35 years in Asia travelling to some of the most exciting wildlife sites on the planet. His articles and images have appeared in many local and overseas publications. All his photos are available free of charge to conservation NGOs. Contact: bjornolesen@gmail.com. Yong Ding Li manages BirdLife International's work to conserve migratory species in East and Southeast Asia, as well as working on issues relating to the wild meat trade in tropical Asia. Ding Li did his doctoral research at the Australian National University on conservation biology and briefly worked at the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), before joining BirdLife in 2017. He has worked widely in Asia and led studies on birds and biodiversity in Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. Ding Li sits on the editorial board of Avian Conservation and Ecology. He has written widely on biodiversity issues and authored over 80 papers. Foreword by HIH Princess Takamado of Japan. Honorary President of BirdLife International.
A breathtakingly beautiful celebration, with photographs so intimate that you feel you are out with Bjorn and Fanny watching live animals in the wilderness.(...)This wonderful book will inspire love and respect for Asian wildlife and passion for its conservation. --Professor Nick Davies, University of Cambridge From one of Asia's foremost bird experts comes a much-needed curation of the continent's top hotspots for wildlife. Yong's passion for birds translates seamlessly to his writing about the geography and the topography of these unique ecosystems, making the readers want to add each of these to their bucket-list! --Rohan Chakravarty, Cartoonist, Green Humour More than 370 of the highest quality colour photos, showing such a magnificent array of charismatic, rare and flagship species would be a fantastic achievement for any photographer. Combined with its informative and up-to-date text, they will make anyone yearn to visit these Asian countries. --Dr. Geoffrey Davison, author of numerous Asian natural history books and guides The beautiful photographs, engaging captions, and informative text of Asia's Greatest Wildlife Sanctuaries serve brilliantly to place these 27 spectacular sites as flagships for the conservation of the >1,300 Key Biodiversity Areas distributed across all the continent's countries --Thomas Brooks, PhD, Chief Scientist. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) The beauty and diversity of the wild species and landscapes of some of Asia's greatest wildlife sanctuaries are captured by the captivating photographs presented by Fanny and Bjorn. Coupled with the bite-sized tidbits of the animals and their habitats, the readers are in for a visual and educational treat, which will be sure to generate a greater appreciation of the biodiversity in Asia. --Dr. Andie Ang, President, Jane Goodall Institute (Singapore) This book is an important testament to why Asia's fabulous but threatened biodiversity needs to be cherished and protected. Stunning images complement the text to produce a book that is both a visual delight as well as informative to assist those planning a trip to the region's top wildlife sites. This book will remind policy planners and decision makers their responsibility to protect these outstanding sites for future generations. --Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne, Writer & Photographer, Chairperson- London Bird Club This is yet another outstanding effort by the authors, not only for giving us such remarkable images, but revealing their character of some of Asia's most iconic species, and their essence within what are some of Asia's most unique and now increasingly threatened protected areas. While science is the underpinning for effective conservation management of species, books like this one remind us of our common responsibility to ensure the survival of such unique natural communities within the Asian continent. --Rob Stuebing, Research Associate, The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago We have and are losing so much of the living world. But this inspiring book catalogues, nation by nation, how a host of Asian nature reserves have succeeded in preserving thousands of irreplaceable species.(...) And, as always with Lai and Olesen, the photographs capture these species with breathtaking clarity and beauty --Dr. John van Wyhe, Historian of Science and one of the world's leading experts on Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace
