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
- Conservation Genetics
- Conservation Marketing
- Freshwater
- Participatory and Citizen Science
- Religion and Conservation Biology
- Social Science
- Impact Evaluation
- Revive
Provisional Working Groups
- Drones and Data Working Group
- Conservation Design and Planning Working Group
- Art, Science, and Conservation Working Group
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.
New Provisional Working Group: Art and Conservation
The Art, Science and Conservation Working Group is calling for members!
The group brings together artists, researchers and conservation practitioners to explore the role of creative arts in advancing biodiversity conservation and to support art-science and art-conservation collaborations. If you have experience in art-science or art-conservation projects and can commit 2–3 hours per month to voluntary work — including online meetings — we would love to hear from you!
Fill out the membership form here.
New Provisional Working Group: Conservation Design & Planning
The Conservation Design and Planning Working Group aims to bridge a persistent gap across the fields that shape our world: science, design, and policy often operate in isolation in cities, meaning crucial decisions are made before conservation consequences are fully understood. Specifically, we aim to foster boundary-spanning collaborations that integrate ecological insights into the foundational stages of human projects, allowing us to achieve both conservation and community goals. Joining the Conservation Design & Planning Working Group is free for all SCB members. If you are interested in participating, please complete this Google Form. Once we reach 100 members, we'll have completed our last step to becoming an official SCB Working Group!
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
- Provisional Articles of Charter
- Proposal of Working Group activities including activities during first year
- List of 20 (or more) provisional members - use this format and template
- Operate under the provisional status for at least 6 months
Apply for Official Status
- Official Articles of Charter
- Signed Working Group Bylaws
- Report on previous 6 months progress
- Working Group Proposal including proposed activities for coming three years
- List of 100 (or more) members - use this format and template
Reauthorize your Working Group
- Reauthorization form
- Report of previous three years activity
- Proposal of activity for next year
- List of current Working Group members (must be >100, use this format and template)
- Updated Bylaws (if appropriate)
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.