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Dr. Ricardo Rocha received the European Early Career Conservation Award from the SCB Europe Section in 2020 for making a significant contribution to conservation science and practice while helping to make conservation a better and more inclusive place for everyone.
Michael Soulé was the cofounder and first president of SCB. He is known as the "father of conservation biology" and inspired many who knew him and looked to his works. We have compiled some of these memories and ways that he impacted people's lives and careers here.
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.