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SCB issues ten $1,000 Graduate Student Research Awards annually to students whose research advances the science and practice of conserving Earth's biodiversity. See who the 2019 winners are and learn more about the Graduate Student Research Awards Program.
The 2019 Kuala Lumpur Declaration: The Species Extinction Crisis is a Crisis of Humanity reflects the science and conservation practice presented and discussed by participants attending SCB's 29th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2019) held 21-25 July 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
SCB is excited to announce the student finalists who will compete in the competition for Best Oral, Speed and Poster Presentation at ICCB 2019!
The SCB Asia Section is excited to announce Dr. Cedric Kai Wei Tan as the first winner of the Section’s Early Career Conservationist Award.
A new documentary chronicles the illegal trade in wildlife parts that threaten the existence of the vaquita. Cynthia Smith, executive director of the National Marine Mammal Foundation, is among the scientists, activists, journalists, politicians, fisherman, and law enforcement officials featured in the film. She spoke with SCB about her role in Sea of Shadows.