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SCB Working Groups
Working Groups of SCB are groups that focus on a topical area relevant to the mission and goals of SCB. Working Groups provide a voice for important conservation issues not currently addressed amongst SCB's many activities. Please click on the appropriate link below to learn more about SCB Working Groups or about how to create a new Working Group.
Official Active SCB Working Groups
Conservation Genetics
Conservation Marketing
Freshwater
Participatory and Citizen Science
Religion and Conservation Biology
Social Science
Impact Evaluation
Revive
Provisional Working Groups
Drones and Data Working Group
Conservation Design and Planning Working Group
Art, Science, and Conservation Working Group
Dormant Working Groups
Conservation Technology
Urban Ecology
Animal Behavior in Conservation
Conservation Culturomics
Are you passionate about one of these topics and excited about the idea of reviving one of our dormant Working Groups?
Email us.
New Working Group:
Revive
Revive's mission is to understand, normalize and support our professional community in living with the intense emotional responses commonly experienced while working on the frontlines of biodiversity loss, climate change and other existential threats driving socio-ecological crises. We have aspirations to support the SCB community and broader conservation community through activities like hosting a webinar series and trainings to help professionals strengthen their emotional resilience, coordinating research discussions about the impact of emotions on conservation and increasing conservationists' access to mental health specialists.
Learn more about our scope on the Revive website.
New Provisional Working Group: Art and Conservation
The Art, Science and Conservation Working Group is calling for members!
The group brings together artists, researchers and conservation practitioners to explore the role of creative arts in advancing biodiversity conservation and to support art-science and art-conservation collaborations. If you have experience in art-science or art-conservation projects and can commit 2–3 hours per month to voluntary work — including online meetings — we would love to hear from you!
Fill out the membership form here.
Interested in Forming an SCB Working Group?
Click here to read the procedure for forming and maintaining an SCB Working Group
Apply for Provisional Status
Provisional Articles of Charter
Proposal of Working Group activities including activities during first year
List of 20 (or more) provisional members -
use this format and template
Operate under the provisional status for at least 6 months
Apply for Official Status
Official Articles of Charter
Signed Working Group Bylaws
Report on previous 6 months progress
Working Group Proposal including proposed activities for coming three years
List of 100 (or more) members -
use this format and template
Reauthorize your Working Group
Reauthorization form
Report of previous three years activity
Proposal of activity for next year
List of current Working Group members (must be >100,
use this format and template
Updated Bylaws (if appropriate)
Please note that during the formation process of Working Groups, the Executive Office of the Society for Conservation Biology reserves the right to dismiss a member from the group if it’s determined that the member has engaged in conduct that is damaging to the interests of the Working Group or SCB.
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