SCB Policy Program

The mission of the policy program is to leverage the research and scientific expertise of the Society’s members to ensure that critical knowledge relating to the conservation of biological diversity is used by decision makers when shaping policies that affect the planet’s biodiversity.

SCB Policy News

March 11, 2013

SCB Calls for Listing Lesser Prairie Chicken as an Endangered Species

March 1, 2013

SCB Requests Additional Research on the Impacts of Fracking on Biodiversity

February 8, 2013

Scientific Societies Request Climate Summit with President Obama

January 24, 2013

SCB Statement on the Use of Ivory for Religious Objects

January 19, 2013

SCB Calls for Comprehensive Review of Coal Exports

December 18, 2012

Scientific Societies Ask Mexico to Take Additional Steps to Save the Vaquita

December 4, 2012

SCB Recommends Conservation Measures to Protect Right Whales as U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Develops

November 27, 2012

Final Critical Habitat for Northern Spotted Owl Announced

October 26, 2012

SCB Recommends Improvements in the Procedures Used to Conduct Economic Analyses of Critical Habitat

October 19, 2012

SCB Calls for Additional Critical Habitat to Recover Jaguars Within the United States

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