Rajarshi DasGupta is a Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) post-doctoral researcher in the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo. He received his Ph.D. in Global Environmental Studies from Kyoto University, Japan. He has worked extensively with the mangrove communities in India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar and authored a number of research articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. His current research interest includes assessment and management of mangrove ecosystem services and their effective utilization for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction through proactive landscape planning.Rajib Shaw is the executive director of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR)—a decade-long research program co-sponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). He is the co-chair of UNISDR’s Asia Science Technology Academic Advisory Group (ASTAAG). He is also a senior fellow of the Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Japan, and the chairperson of SEEDS Asia, a Japanese NGO. Previously, he was a professor in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University, Japan. His expertise includes community-based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and environmental education. He has published more than 40 books and more than 300 academic papers and book chapters.