Written & Directed by
Michael Tobias

Producers
Jane Gray Morrison
Michael Tobias

Hosted by
Dr. Russell A. Mittermeier


Co-Producer
Haroldo Castro

Editor
Marc Griffith

Cinematography
Travis Johnson
Haroldo Castro
Michael Tobias

Sound Engineer
Christopher Hall

Associate Producer
Karine Dinev-Hackett



Music Supervisor & Sound Design
Marc Griffith

Re Recording Mixer
Mike Draghi CAS

Supervising Sound Editor
Walter New

Mix Stage Engineer
Kyle Clausen

Post Production Sound Services Provided by
Absolute Post, Burbank, Ca.

Additional Sound Engineer
John Martin

Post Production Coordinator  
Michelle Griffith

Library Music Provided by
APM, Extreme Music, Opus-1

Post Production Services Provided by
Iron Image



Madagascar
Conservation International Madagascar
Rameson Andrianavalontseheno Harinaina

Fanamby, Environmental NGO
Serge Rajaobelina

L’Association des Guides de Andasibe
Herman L. Rabarinjanahary
Jean Claude Rakotoarimanana
Eugène Rasolonirina
Jean Nestor Ratsarasolo
Marie Celine Ravololonirina
Florent Razafimahatratra
Julienne Razafindralandy
Marie Razafinodrasolo
Bernadette Haingo Razanaharisoa
Pierre Pascal Razanajery

Tsimbazaza National Zoo
Claudine Ranorosoa

Research Camp Sahamalaza
Dr. Sylvia Brandt
Angelin Razafimanantsoa

Hotel Anjajavy
Hilton Hastings

Patricio Robles Gil
Dr. Patricia Rojo

Olivieri Gillian
Halifa Houmadi
Daniel R. Jochem
Nancy Jochem
Bruno Piza
Onisoa Rabarijaona
Narcisse Rakotoarison
Andrianosy Ranaiko
Guy Hermas Randriatahina
Ranaivoson Lanto Razafimahatratra
Marilyn Rundguist
Doris Swanson



Brazil

Conservation International Brazil
José Maria Cardoso Da Silva
Andrea Margit
Gustavo Martinelli
Jorge Luiz Pegoraro
Mario Cesar Pena
Francisco Pontual
Luiz Paulo de Souza Pinto
The Staff of Tambopata Research Center
Eduardo M. Veado

Translator
Tamino Castro



Peru

Conservation International at Tambopata
Luis Espinel

Rainforest Expeditions
Kurt Holle
Deborah Jacobs
Kanashiro Diaz Lizzy Johana
Maria Esther Stagnaro

Inkanatura
Carmen Maria

Boat Driver
Victor Begazo Sandoval

Biologist
Victor Jesús Moscoso Villacorta

Rapanui/Easter Island
Chilean Forest Service
CONEF Isle de Pescua
Ignacio Espina Igor
Luis Raul Palomino Matta
Museo Anthropologico P. Sebastian Englert
Dr. Francisco Torres


New Zealand

Special Thanks to the Department of Conservation (DOC)
Brent Beaven
Jeff Hall
Dean Jakings
Paul Jansen (“Scratch”)
Philip Marsh
Pete McCLelland, Conservancy Programme Manager
Kevin O’Connor, Southland Conservator
Nicola Patrick
Andy Roberts, Biodiversity Programme Manager
Robyn Roberts, Community Relations Officer

Department of Conservation, Te Anau
Kerri-Anne Edge, Biodiversity Ranger
Amy Whilehead

Ministry of Conservation, Wellington
Minister Chris Carter
Steven Badcock
Richard Marshall
Gavin Rodley


Burwood Bush Sanctuary
Bevan Cameron, Ranger
Ross Curtis
Roger James
Jo Ledington
Bronwyn McCulloch

Central Otago
Karina Holmes
Lesley Judd

Karori Wildlife Sanctuary
Neil Anderson, Conservation Officer
Rachael Dippie
Stephen Fuller
Phillip Stuart
Nancy Ward, CEO

Pukaha Mount Bruce
Sandra Burles
Jason Kerehi
Jacqueline Walls

Tiritiri Matangi
Jim Battersby

Warrenheip/ Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust
William Graham Garland
Riger Mac Gibbon
Julie Milne
Jodi Mitchell
Jillana Robertson
Tony Rolley
Dene Sambells
Chris Smuts- Kennedy
Juliette Wallace

Special Thanks to all the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust (MEIT) Volunteers

Westshore Wildlife Reserve
Patrick Follas
Ken Grant
Ken Hunt
Dr. Stephanie D. Shaw

Whenoua Hou
Whenoua Hou Committee

Special Thanks
David Mitchell Blair
Michael Clout
Joost Dekker

Lala Fraser, and other Trustees of the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust

Stephanie Hicks
Mary Hodgson
Lance Hodgson
Tom Lynch
Dairen Page
Jo Ritchie, Natural Logic, Inc.
Tracy Tibbles

Fiordland Ecology Holidays
Ruth Dalley
Lance Shaw
Mouk Peychers

Helisouth/ Invercargill
David R. Latham

Rangitane o Wairarapa

Skywork Helicopter
Peter Gordon
Roger Stevenson

South West Helicopters Group Ian Buick
Doc Sutherland

Ulva Island Trust


United States

Washington DC
Conservation International Washington DC
Iris Alvarez
Thomas Brooks
Roberto Cavalcanti
Justin Epting
Gustavo Fonseca
Jaime Garcia-Moreno
Claude Gascon
Frank Hawkins
Michael Hoffmann
Roger James
Daniel Juhn
Ricardo B. Machado
Ella M. Outlaw
Jatna Supriatna
Romeo B. Trono

Carrizo Plains National Monument
California
Guy L. Goodwin Education Center
Johna Hurl
Katheen Sharum

U.S. Marine Base Camp Pendleton
Sebastian Arrazola
Captain Kerry Batson
Jean M. Olbert

U.S Fish and Wildlife
Jim A. Bartel, Field Supervisor

Santa Monica Mountain National Park Service
Joanne Moriarty
Morgan Robertson
Jeff Sikich
Mike Springer
Jolin Villatoro

Big Sur
Ventana Wildlife Society
Alena Porte
Josh Scullen
Nellie Thorngate

Special Thanks to
Series Producer –CEMEX Books on Nature
Patricio Robles Gil

Hotspots Revisited Co-Authors
Russell A. Mittermeier
Patricio Robles Gil
Michael Hoffmann
John Pilgrim
Thomas Brooks
Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier
John Lamoreux
Gustavo A. B. Da Fonseca

Accounting
Maral Ohanian

Transcriber
Cheri Rames

Truman Van Dyke Film Insurers
Tanya Applegate
Buckley Norris
Truman Van Dyke

Film and Video Transfers, Inc

Aspen Helicopter
Rick L. Throckmorten

Travel Assistance Madagascar
Shannon Sullivan

Monteverde Tropical Science Center
Giovanni Bello Carranza
Wilford Guindon Hall
Dr. Humberto Jimenez Saa
Richard K. Laval
Alan R. Masters
Karen L. Masters
Greg Murray
Dr. Alan Pounds

Special Thanks
Dr. Patrick Fitzgerald
Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier
John Mittermeier
Juliana Mittermeier
Michael Mittermeier
Julie Hall
Geoffrey Holland
Kim Johnson
Matthew Petelle
Robert Radin
Marc Tobias

Co-Executive Producer
Don C. Cannon

Executive Producers
Michael Tobias
Jane Gray Morrison

A Dancing Star Foundation Film
Copyright 2008