Michael Goldman is Associate Professor of Sociology and Global Studies at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Imperial Nature and editor of Privatizing Nature.Nancy Lee Peluso is the Henry J. Vaux Distinguished Professor of Forest Policy in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Rich Forests, Poor People and coeditor of Violent Environments.Wendy Wolford is Vice Provost for International Affairs and Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor of Global Development at Cornell University. She is the coeditor of Governing Global Land Deals and The New Enclosures.