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SCB held a Q&A with Graduate Student Research Award Winner Elise Contreras to learn more about her and her research on Groote Island.
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SCB held a Q&A with Graduate Student Research Award Winner Elise Contreras to learn more about her and her research on Groote Island.
The Society will award ten graduate students with $1,000 fellowships this month to carry out field research on their topic area in conservation.
The Society for Conservation Biology is excited to welcome Oceana as our newest Organizational Member! Learn more about Oceana and the important work they do through our first SCB Organizational Member Spotlight.
SCB BoG Call for Nominations: President-elect and Vice President for Membership
Michael Soulé passed away on 17 June. Known as the father of Conservation Biology, Soulé defined the discipline as the application of science to conservation problems and was a founder and first president of the Society for Conservation Biology.