**About the Editors**

#### **Masayuki Sakakibara**

Masayuki Sakakibara (Professor) is an earth scientist with multidisciplinary backgrounds: Geology, Petrology, Astrobiology, Geochemistry, Medical Geology, Geoengineering, and Remediation Engineering. He is currently working as the project leader of the SRIREP Project (co-creation of Sustainable Regional Innovation for Reducing Risk of High-impact Environmental Pollution) at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan, and as a professor at the Faculty of Collaborative Regional Innovation and Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University. His interest in environmental pollution led him to conduct intensive fieldworks and activities to reduce mercury pollution and poverty problems in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) areas in Indonesia and Myanmar. He has organized international conferences and seminars, such as Transdisciplinary Research on Environmental Problems in Southeast Asia (TREPSEA) and Transdisciplinary Research and Practice for Reducing Environmental Problems (TRPNEP), which focus on transdisciplinary research and practice, and has developed various regional innovations for reductions in the environmental pollution levels of ASEAN countries.

#### **Win Thiri Kyaw**

Win Thiri Kyaw (Dr.) is a medical doctor and researcher in Medical Science, Neurology, and Clinical Pharmacology. She is currently working as the subleader of the SRIREP Project (Co-creation of Sustainable Regional Innovation for Reducing Risk of High-impact Environmental Pollution) in the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan, conducting environmental and health impact assessments of ASGM activities in Mandalay Region, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Her research interest is in promoting the health of ASGM communities, which drives her to collaborate with researchers from various backgrounds, key stakeholders, and communities through mercury-free society networks, reducing environmental problems and promoting health in Myanmar and Indonesia.

#### **José Luis Rivera Parra**

José Luis Rivera Parra (Dr.) is Chair of the Biology Department at Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN) in Ecuador. In this role, he is in charge of coordinating the research and other academic duties of several researchers in a wide range of disciplines within the biological sciences. Moreover, he is currently President of the Committee for the Sustainability of the Campus, where he coordinates, at the institutional level, different processes to improve the environmental performance of EPN, including use of resources, reducing carbon footprint, and conducting research for sustainability. He is also an active researcher focused on studying the effects of extractive industries (mining and petroleum production) on the natural habitat at various scales.
