Society for Conservation Biology
The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) (dt. Society for Conservation Biology ) is an international non-governmental organization with the aim of the loss of biological diversity to prevent ( "maintenance, loss, and restoration of biological diversity"). It has more than 10,000 members worldwide. SCB was founded on May 5th, 1985 in Ann Arbor , Michigan (USA) by Michael Soulé . Its president is Michael B. Mascia, Conservation International .
In the United States 31 divisions (chapter) and 13 exist outside the United States. The SCB publishes the Conservation Magazine , and has published the journal Conservation Biology since 1987 and the open access online publication Conservation Letters since 2008 .
Sections and divisions
SCB has 7 sections worldwide: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & Caribbean, North America, Navy and Oceania. The following chapters are attached to these sections:
- Africa: East Africa Chapter, Namibia Chapter, Nigeria Chapter;
- Asia: China Chapter, India Chapter;
- Europe: Armenia Chapter, Hungary Chapter, Switzerland Chapter;
- Latin America & Caribbean: Bolivia Chapter, Central Mexico Chapter, Colombia Chapter, Cuba Chapter, Northwest Argentina Chapter, Peru Chapter;
- North America: In the North America section there are currently 35 divisions;
- Oceania: Brisbane and University of Queensland Chapter (Australia), Sydney Society for Conservation Biology (Australia), Victoria University at Wellington Chapter (New Zealand).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated June 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.conbio.org/about-scb/who-we-are/scb-history
- ↑ http://www.michaelsoule.com/frontpage_files/65/65_frontpage_file2.pdf
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1523-1739
- ↑ http://www.conbio.org/publications/conservation-biology
- ↑ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291755-263X/issues
- ↑ http://www.conbio.org/groups/sections/about-sections
- ↑ http://www.conbio.org/groups/chapters/chapter-directory
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
