Daniel C. Taylor, Founder, Future Generations Organizations Worldwide.

Daniel Taylor has been engaged in social change and conservation for four decades with a focus on building international cooperation to achieve ambitious projects. He founded the nine Future Generations organizations worldwide (including the accredited Future Generations Graduate School). He also founded and led The Mountain Institute and its worldwide programmes. In 1985, after providing the scientific explanation for the yeti, he led creating Nepal's Makalu-Barun National Park, then, in close partnership with the Tibet Autonomous Region, China's Qomolangma (Everest) National Nature Preserve and Four Great Rivers Nature Preserve protecting one-seventh of China's forest reserves.

Taylor is one of the synthesizers of the SEED-SCALE method, an understanding of social change initiated by a UNICEF task force he co-chaired from 1992 to 1995.

"To find out [Taylor's conclusions on the mystery of the yeti], I recommend you read the book, no matter if you hope to trek the mountain forests and snowfields to see for yourself, or if you prefer reading it at home by the fire as an arm-chair explorer. But be prepared, for it is such an alluring saga that once you start you may not be able to put it down 'til the book is finished, the mystery is solved, and you have learned something remarkable about both the beast and the man." --Don Messerschmidt, Portland Book Review

"Taylor goes beyond the Yeti question. To his surprise, his hunt, with some scientific answers...acquires a Himalayan depth, evolving into exploring a concept much greater than the mystery and leading him to a more enriching mission. He leaves behind his own imprint - by creating two vast national parks in the region after recognising that the wilderness is fast disappearing." - Murali N. Krishnaswamy, The Hindu (August 2017)

"What started out as a yeti hunt then led to conservation efforts that earned Taylor accolades (a knighthood from the king of Nepal, a Dutch honour and the first honorary professorship of quantitative ecology from the Chinese Academy of Sciences) in the world of conservation." - Shail Desai, Live Mint (October 2017)