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Mission Statement - What is the SCB and why do we do what we do?
Code of Ethics - Our guidelines to exemplary behavior.
Annual Reports - Read about the efforts SCB undertook towards achieving our goals and increasing our impact.
Board of Governors - Who is currently representing the membership?
Bylaws - The rules and regulations of the Society.
Stragetic Plan - Our current vision and goals.
Membership Information - Membership prices, etc.
Contacting the SCB - Email, phone, address of the SCB
Member Login - Online Journal Access, Membership Directory, and more...
Membership/Subscription Status - Check your current status with the Society...
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What is the SCB?

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's membership comprises a wide range of people interested in the conservation and study of biological diversity: resource managers, educators, government and private conservation workers, and students. Additional information is available.

What is the mission of the Society?

To advance the science and practice of conserving the Earth’s biological diversity.

What is the SCB Vision?

Our vision for the future takes a global perspective both in how we want the world to be and how we, as a Society want to be. In these visions we see:

• A world where people understand, value, and conserve the diversity of life on Earth.

• SCB as an effective, internationally respected organization of conservation professional’s that is the leading voice for the study and conservation of the Earth’s biodiversity.

What are the Organizational Values of SCB?

The natural diversity of organisms, ecological complexity, and evolutionary processes have value and are necessary to support all species including our own;
Human-caused extinctions and the degradation, destruction, or loss of functionality of natural ecosystems are undesirable;
Maintaining and restoring biodiversity is the responsibility of all people and governments;
The sciences, especially conservation sciences, perform a critical role in understanding how the natural world operates and how human societies and actions can both positively and negatively affect the natural world; and
Science should inform policy and management decisions affecting biodiversity.

A Brief History of the Society

The Society was founded in Ann Arbor Michigan on May 8, 1985. The Articles of Incorporation of the Society were filed in the State of California on April 8, 1986. The Society drafted bylaws at the same time. The bylaws have been amended numerous times by a vote of the membership since they were first drafted. Volume 1 No. 1 of our journal printed May 1987.

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.

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