Conservation Biology

11/30/2025

In this article, Zavattoni et al share that the main concern for protected area managers is the intensification of agricultural practices. Learn more at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70172

11/28/2025

🌲Volume 39, Number 6🌲 of is now available online! https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70181

Cover: Ansel Adams Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, California (USA). In “Finding Floral and Faunal Species Richness Optima among Active Fire Regimes,” Steel et al. (e70079) examine the responses of bird, plant, and bat communities to various temporal, spatial, and severity patterns of fire in this and the Yosemite Wilderness, where restoration of historical fire regimes is ongoing.

11/26/2025

🤩 Opportunity Corner: Funding Opportunity from Allen Family Philanthropies

Allen Family Philanthropies, formerly known as the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for up to $10 million in funding to accelerate Natural Climate Solutions (NCS). These are nature-based actions that protect, restore, and improve management of forests, wetlands, grasslands, oceans, and agricultural lands, mitigating climate impacts by working with natural ecosystems. This new RFP is seeking to support efforts to develop science and technology solutions to accelerate NCS implementation in the United States.

Here are the eligibility and the process for submitting a Letter of Interest, which is due January 15, 2026: https://www.allenphilanthropies.org/accelerating-ncs-rfp

An informational webinar will be hosted on December 9, 2025 at 9am PST with a live Q&A about this opportunity. Register here: https://vulcan.zoom.us/webinar/register/7617617584934/WN_l9WXC7_1TL-9ZZ_3Mjq_Bw #/registration

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please reach out to Dr. Yuta Masuda, Director of Science at Allen Family Philanthropies ([email protected]).

11/26/2025

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - Now Open

11/26/2025

NACCR 2026: Call for Proposals is Now Open!
The Call for Proposals for Symposia, Interactive Sessions, Short Courses, and Workshops is now open for the North American Congress for Conservation and Restoration meeting!
Deadline to submit: Dec 31, 2025
The conference will be held in Milwaukee, WI, USA from July 12-16, 2026
Learn more: https://scbnorthamerica.org/index.php/naccr-2026-call-for-proposals/

11/26/2025

📣 Call for Submissions – Conservation Asia Congress Nepal 2026

📅 3–5 June 2026 | Kathmandu, Nepal
Theme: Harmonising Biodiversity and Human Well-being in Asia

We invite you to submit your proposals for symposium/workshop sessions, full oral talks, speed talks, and poster presentations. Explore your session-type options and guidelines here:
🔗 https://conbio.org/mini-sites/cac-nepal-2026/program/session-types

Key points to note:
Deadline for abstracts: 19 December 2025.
Registrations open: 1 December 2025

Join us to share research, insights and innovations that advance the intersection of biodiversity and human well-being in Asia.

11/26/2025

We're now accepting applications for our paid summer 2026 ! Find out if an environmental career is the right path for you, with opportunities in research, public engagement and science writing. You'll gain hands-on experience alongside Smithsonian scientists and educators, as well as access to other professional training workshops with a cohort of just as passionate as you. Apply by Feb. 15. For more information, visit https://serc.si.edu/internships/opportunities/2026-summer-internships

📸 Former SERC interns, by Taylor Smith, Jessika de Jesus and SERC. Background photo by Stephen Voss.

11/22/2025

📚🐒🐵 This new book review by DJ Clink explores what shared coexistence with apes really looks like through two apesolutely fascinating reads-
Pruetz’s 📖Apes on the Edge🐵 reveals the ingenuity (and vulnerability) of savanna chimpanzees living alongside people in Senegal. While White et al.’s 📖State of the Apes🦍 highlights how ape survival is tied to human health, ethics, and One Health solutions.

Together, they’re a call to center compassionate, rights-aware conservation for both apes and their human neighbors.

doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70170

11/22/2025

🔍 Scholarly dialogue in Conservation Biology

🌿One of the unique strengths of Conservation Biology is how ideas evolve in real time through response pieces- almost like a conversation across pages. 📖

Two new submissions offer a great example:
• Bruskotter et al. (2025) argue that Pooley’s framing of coexistence leans too heavily on procedure over outcomes.
doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70174

• Pooley (2025) replies by highlighting how power dynamics and polarization shape what coexistence can look like in practice.
doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70173

⚖Together, they show how constructive debate helps sharpen concepts like coexistence, challenge assumptions, and strengthen the field. Scholarly back-and-forth isn’t conflict- it’s progress.

Click on the article title to read more.

11/21/2025

We can’t let the saiga’s remarkable recovery be undone by the horn trade.

That’s why we oppose Proposal 3 at to lift the zero-export quota for wild saiga from Kazakhstan and allow international commercial trade in saiga horns. https://bit.ly/4pC2Ri3

11/21/2025

RABIES CONFIRMED IN SEALS AT PELICAN POINT

At this stage, we have no details on when the samples were taken, how many were tested, or what the official next steps will be.

We have not yet received a formal update or statement from the Ministry.

We will continue to update the public as soon as more verified information becomes available.