Society for Conservation Biology

The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) "is an international professional organization dedicated to promoting the scientific study of the phenomena that affect the maintenance, loss, and restoration of biological diversity."

"The Society was founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on May 8, 1985...

"The 25 papers included in Volume 1 Issue #1 resulted from a conference held at the University of Michigan in May 1985. A meeting of the Board of Governors was held in Washington DC on March 20, 1986. David Ehrenfeld was the editor of the journal Conservation Biology. The first Board of Governors included Michael E. Soule (President) and Peter F. Brussard (Secretary-Treasurer). The first annual meeting of the Society was scheduled at Montana State University, Bozeman from June 23 - 26, 1987."

Board of Governors
Accessed November 2008:

University of California
 * Luigi Boitani - Via Bartolomeo Eustachio, 10
 * Gerardo Ceballos - Instituto de Ecología, UNAM
 * Catherine A. Christen - Smithsonian Institution
 * Erica Fleishman - National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
 * Ellen Hines - Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Human Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University
 * Deborah Jensen - Woodland Park Zoological Society
 * David Johns
 * Paula Kahumbu - Conservation Director, WildlifeDirect
 * Georgina Mace
 * Michael Mascia - World Wildlife Fund – Conservation Science Program
 * Shedrack Mashauri - Eastern Arc Mountains Conservation Fund
 * Jeff McNeely - IUCN-The World Conservation Union
 * Craig Morley - Department of Conservation, Northland Conservancy
 * Fiona Nagle - California Program Manager, Reef Check Foundation
 * Andrew S. Pullin - Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation, School of the Environment and Natural Resources, Bangor University
 * John G. Robinson - Wildlife Conservation Society
 * Mark Schwartz - Dept. of Environmental Science & Policy, One Shields Avenue
 * Mike Scott
 * Gary Tabor - Center for Large Landscape Conservation, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

Contact

 * Web: http://www.conbio.org

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