Mark Horrocks,^1,2,*,** Troy Baisden,^3,*** John Flenley,^4,**** David Feek,^4,***** Charles Love,^5,****** Sonia Haoa-Cardinali,^6,******* Lilian González Nualart,^6,******** Tahira Edmunds Gorman<sup>6,*********

1</sup>aMicrofossil Research Ltd, 31 Mont Le Grand Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland 1024, New Zealand;
²bSchool of Environment, University of Auckland, New Zealand;
³cNational Isotope Centre, GNS Science, PO Box 31312, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand;
⁴dInstitute of Agriculture & Environment, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North 4442
⁵eWestern Wyoming Community College, 2500 College Drive, Rock Springs, WY 82901, United States;
⁶fHanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile

^*CONTACT M. Horrocks info@microfossilresearch.com
^**Mark Horrocks is a palynologist and runs his own consulting and research company, Microfossil Research Ltd, specialising in the study of plant microfossils, including Late Quaternary vegetation history, ethnobotany and forensic palynology.
^***Troy Baisden is a biogeochemist at GNS Science's National Isotope Centre. He works on the role of soils and ecosystems in contemporary global change issues, focusing on interactions between nitrogen, carbon and water cycles, with threads of work extending into interpretation of past changes and future scenarios.
^****John Flenley is a palynologist and for the last several decades has focused on the Late Quaternary palaeoecology of Rapa Nui, with an emphasis on vegetation and climatic change and human impacts. Recently he participated in the development of an automated microscope for pollen counting.
^*****David Feek is a technician at Massey University. One of his areas of work is sediment coring for a wider research group, including lake, swamp, fluvial and estuarine environments. He has developed coring devices for specific applications, such as collecting sediment cores for analysis of uncontaminated DNA.
^******Charles Love has a background in geology and archaeology. He has spent several decades researching the glaciers of Wyoming and the stone statues of Rapa Nui.
^*******Sonia Haoa-Cardinali is a Rapa Nui archaeologist with the Mata Ki Te Rangi Foundation. She is also coordinator of the island's national monuments. On Rapa Nui she has been involved in many archaeological projects and has carried out extensive archaeological surveying.
^********Lilian González Nualart is a Rapa Nui anthropologist working with the Corporación Nacional Forestal and the Mata Ki Te Rangi Foundation.
^*********Tahira Edmunds Gorman has a research background in environmental chemistry. She works with the Mata Ki Te Rangi Foundation.