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In a Q&A with SCB, University of Maryland Associate Professor of Biology Karen Lips discusses the wildlife disease Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, its deadly impact on salamanders in Europe and steps that can be taken to help prevent its transmission to salamanders in the United States.
Leela Hazzah, a winner of the Africa Section's Young Women in Conservation Biology Award, is a finalist for a 2014 CNN Hero Award for her work on lion conservation in Kenya and Tanzania.
For the first time in its 28-year history, Conservation Biology, the flagship journal of the Society for Conservation Biology and the leading journal in its field, has moved to a double-blind peer review.
Building capacity for conservation in the developing world: A generous grant helped SCB send 18 students from developing countries to Section meetings in July and August for training.
SCB's flagship journal Conservation Biology is proud to welcome six regional editors to the editorial team. The new additions provide the journal with representation from around the world.