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About the Editors and Contributors
Editors
Melissa R. Marselle  Researcher in the Department of Ecosystem Services at the
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the German Center for
Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv). She is an environmental psychologist
whose research focuses on the influence of biodiversity and contact with nature on
mental health and well-being. She is a chartered psychologist with the British
Psychological Society.
Jutta  Stadler Senior scientific officer in the International Nature Conservation
Division at the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. She has been
organizing numerous conferences and workshops on nature conservation and climate change as well as on other biodiversity-related issues.
Horst Korn Head of the International Nature Conservation Division at the German
Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. His special interest lies in the application
of holistic approaches to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and
the further development and application of science-policy interfaces.
Katherine N. Irvine Senior researcher in conservation behavior and environmental psychology at the James Hutton Institute, UK.  Her transdisciplinary research
focuses on the people-nature relationship, evaluating effectiveness of interventions
to facilitate use of nature to promote well-being and sustainable behavior, and the
spiritual dimensions of well-being and biodiversity.