Society for Conservation Biology

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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 make up the more than 10,000 members world-wide.

1 Mission
2 Vision
3 Organizational Values
4 Goals
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Mission

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

[edit] Vision

The SCB's vision for the future purports to take a global perspective both in how they want the world to be and how they, as a Society want to be. In these visions they claim to see:

A world where people understand, value, and conserve the diversity of life on Earth.
SCB as an effective, internationally respected organization of conservation professionals that is the leading voice for the study and conservation of the Earth's biodiversity.

[edit] Organizational Values

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.

[edit] Goals

Conservation Science: To identify, fund, complete, and disseminate the scientific research and knowledge needed to understand and conserve biological diversity, and to apply it to research, management and policy.
Conservation Management: To provide conservation practitioners and managers with the scientific information and recommendations needed to conserve biological diversity at all scales.
Policy: To effectively informed and improved policy decisions of major international conventions, governments, organizations, and foundations with the highest quality scientific counsel, analysis, and recommendations so as to advance the conservation of biological diversity.
Education: To identify, strengthen, and develop education, training, and capacity building programs to inform the public, education leaders, and support current and future generations of conservation scientists and practitioners.
Impact and reputation: For the SCB to be recognized as the world's leading authority in conservation science and for its membership, publications and conferences deliver high quality, integrated and effective products.
Organizational Capacity: To build and maintain the organizational capacity necessary to operate their programs, provide products and services and run an effective organization.