Society for Conservation Biology - 23rd Annual Meeting, Beijing, China 2009

Since the year 2000, SCB meeting attendance has increased steadily from 1000 participants to over 1600. SCB Annual Meetings are a forum for addressing conservation challenges. They are the global venue for presenting and discussing new research and developments in conservation science and practice. Most importantly, they connect our global community of conservation professionals and serve as the major networking outlet for anyone interested in conservation. The first Society for Conservation Biology meeting was held in 1988 in Bozeman, Montana, USA. Since then, SCB Annual Meetings have been held in Africa, Australia, Europe, and North and South America. The 23rd Annual Meeting with take place in China in 2009. Plenary sessions are presented by conservation leaders and visionaries - speakers have included Richard Cowling, Gustavo Fonseca, Jeremy Jackson, Jane Lubchenco, Sir Robert May, and Michael Soulé, just to name a few. Each year the meeting features numerous symposia, concurrent sessions, workshops, short courses, and field trips. Past symposia have included such diverse topics as: the population biology of invasive species; global amphibian decline; how to integrate conservation research into policy; indigenous communities and conservation; comparing marine and terrestrial ecosystems-implications for conservation theory and practice; the application of top predator distribution to the design and efficacy of reserves; and, real-world social and economic solutions to preserve biodiversity.

The Rufford Small Grants Foundation is pleased to be a silver sponsor of the 2009 SCB Annual Meeting. Whilst we are unable to consider requests for financial support for RSG recipients to attend the conference, we encourage you to review the themes for discussion at the conference and we welcome your responses.

For more information go to http://scb2009.ioz.ac.cn/index.asp