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SCB Working Groups

Working Groups of SCB are groups that focus on a topical area relevant to the mission and goals of SCB. Working Groups provide a voice for important conservation issues not currently addressed amongst SCB's many activities. Please click on the appropriate link below to learn more about SCB Working Groups or about how to create a new Working Group.


Official Active SCB Working Groups
Dormant Working Groups

Are you passionate about one of these topics and excited about the idea of reviving one of our dormant Working Groups? Email us.


New Working Group: Revive

Revive's mission is to understand, normalize and support our professional community in living with the intense emotional responses commonly experienced while working on the frontlines of biodiversity loss, climate change and other existential threats driving socio-ecological crises. We have aspirations to support the SCB community and broader conservation community through activities like hosting a webinar series and trainings to help professionals strengthen their emotional resilience, coordinating research discussions about the impact of emotions on conservation and increasing conservationists' access to mental health specialists. Learn more about our scope on the Revive website.


Interested in Forming an SCB Working Group?

Click here to read the procedure for forming and maintaining an SCB Working Group.

Apply for Provisional Status

Apply for Official Status

Reauthorize your Working Group

Please note that during the formation process of Working Groups, the Executive Office of the Society for Conservation Biology reserves the right to dismiss a member from the group if it’s determined that the member has engaged in conduct that is damaging to the interests of the Working Group or SCB.