The RAP team consisted of both PNG and international scientists with expertise in plants, invertebrates (ants, katydids, odonates, spiders), mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. The RAP team included:
Stephen Richards
Conservation International
RAP team leader, amphibians and reptiles
Michael Kigl
PNG Institute of Biological Research
Camp manager and socio-economic studies
Cheyne Benjamin
Videographer
Plants
Dr. Wayne Takeuchi, PNG Forest Research Institute
Banak Gamui, PNG Institute of Biological Research
Katydids
Dr. Piotr Naskrecki, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Dr. David Rentz
Ants
Dr. Leeanne Alonso, Director, Rapid Assessment Program, Conservation International (camps 1 and 2)
Andrea Lucky, University of California, Davis, Department of Entomology
Katayo Sagata, PNG Institute of Biological Research
Spiders
Dr. Ingi Agnarsson, Lecturer, University of Puerto Rico (camps 1 and 2)
Birds
Paul Igag, PNG Institute of Biological Research
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Dr. Vincent Kalkman, Research Associate, Leiden Natural History Museum
Mammals
Dr. Kyle Armstrong, University of Adelaide (camps 1 and 2)
Dr. Ken Aplin, Australian National Wildlife Collection (camps 2 and 3)
Enock Kale, PNG Institute of Biological Research
Amphibians and reptiles
Chris Dahl, New Guinea Binatang Research Centre