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SCB mourns the loss of its cofounder and first president, Michael Soulé. Known as the father of conservation biology, Michael defined a "new synthetic discipline" to save species in 1985 when he published "What is conservation biology" in BioScience.
The Society for Conservation Biology is pleased to solicit applications for the David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship Program.
SCB's statement on the murder of George Floyd and ongoing violence against Black people pledges solidarity with Black Lives Matter protests around the world.
Q & A with Senior Regional Ecologist at the Snow Leopard Trust and International Coordinator of the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystems Protection Program (GSLEP), Koustubh Sharma.
It is within the current pandemic then that we all need to deeply consider how advancing our mission can meaningfully engage with debates to addressing central issues of society. How can we seize this opportunity to make biodiversity conservation more relevant?