Have you seen the video highlights from #ICCB2025? Check out the @society4conbio.bsky.social Vimeo account for a wrap up and more, including the Science Comedy Night! vimeo.com/society4conbio

SCB’s 2025 Graduate Student Research Awards are open! Ten $1,000 grants for grad students advancing #biodiversity conservation. You can use the funds for travel, field gear, or materials. Apply now + read guidelines: conbio.org/mini-sites/s... #grants #conservation #studentawards

We're proud to celebrate excellence in #conservation science! Each year, @conbiology.bsky.social honors outstanding contributions with our Rising Star Award, most cited papers + highest Altmetric scores. Congratulations and thank you to all our authors for your vital work!

Expressions of Interest: Associate Editors of @csiropublishing.bsky.social‬ Marine and Freshwater Research www.publish.csiro.au/mf/Expressio...

If you are doing data analysis, you are probably using language models (e.g., ChatGPT) to help you write code, but are you using them in the most effective way? Join the CBCS AI in Research Workshop to learn more about how you can and should use AI tools in your own research. Link below👇

Are you hoping to attend the #IUCN World Conservation Congress? We're coordinating check-ins and meet-ups in Abu Dhabi for delegates from Australia, NZ and the Pacific. Join the Australian delegation: shorturl.at/lz7WC Join our webinar to learn how to participate at Congress: shorturl.at/XWuJQ

We’re still buzzing from #ICCB2025! We welcomed 1,919 attendees from 94 countries to Meeanjin Brisbane - with 55% joining us from overseas. Conference participants spoke more than 60 languages, and many made use of the AMAZING Wordly, which provided live translation in all our presentation rooms.

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us in Brisbane/Meanjin for #ICCB2025! Your energy, ideas & dedication to #conservation made this congress unforgettable. We’re already looking ahead and hope to see you in #Mexico for #ICCB2027 co-hosted by @scbnorthamerica.bsky.social + the SCB LACA Region!

We’re excited to welcome the new President of the Society for Conservation Biology: Mwezi Mugera! We acknowledge and thank outgoing President Vanessa Adams for her long service. #ICCB2025

If you can’t wait for the next ICCB - We are thrilled to announce that the next SCB Oceania conference will be held in Nov 2026 together with @newzealandecology.bsky.social in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa NZ! #NZES_SCBO2026 #ICCB2025 confer.eventsair.com/2026-nzes-sc...

Here is the link to our SCB Oceania Region Statement from #ICCB2025

Conservation is not a new thing in Melanesia! #ICCB2025

Help @hugepossum.bsky.social plant trees at Archerfield Wetlands on Saturday! Details at the SCBO booth.

Appreciate the shout out @martinemaron.bsky.social but I really was only there for the pitta (and yes it was outrageous) 🤣 #ICCB2025 @iccb2025.bsky.social

Funding and politics are huge challenges for Indigenous researchers and communities, says Kiri Reihana in the Voices of Moananuiākea kōrero. #ICCB2025

My submission for National Geographic's art contest, thanks to Bella (@LittleWildLines)'s workshop on Nature Journalling at #ICCB2025!

For those who came along, hope you all enjoyed the show! It was an absolute blast to have a full set of Conservationist Comedians! #ICCB2025 @iccb2025.bsky.social

Junya Saito presented his research in Japanese at #ICCB2025, while the audience used Wordly to understand follow along in other languages. Another success in our effort to break #languagebarriers.

If you just watched the White Rock movie here is the link to the survey- utas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Now go eat an urchin! #ICCB2025

Oceanians at #ICCB2025 Everyone from (or working in) Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, & Polynesia is invited to the SCB Oceania meeting, Thursday lunchtime in M9. Grab a lunch plate and make new friends, meet old friends, and find about what SCBO are up to.

Would like to just add how impressed I am at the quality of the speed talks here. Complex ideas being presented with clarity and meaning, all in 3 minutes. Well done all! #ICCB2025 @iccb2025.bsky.social.

👋 We're at #ICCB2025! Come visit us at our @csiropublishing.bsky.social booth and connect with our team. 📝 Don’t miss our "Everything You Need to Know About Publishing" Workshop this Thursday at 1pm — get insider tips on how to publish your research and navigate the academic publishing process.

So happy to attend #ICCB2025 in Brisbane this week. It's so great to such a diverse delegate list that is rich in cultural and academic knowledge. I really appreciate the focus on finding collaborative solutions to intricate problems throughout the talks I have seen so far.

Kaluta and glowing geckos? Yes please. Great work on how cultural burning can protect desert fauna from the Karajarri and Ngurrara mob. #iccb2025

Bin Bin Li - incredibly rich plenary, drenched with ideas. Exploring local economics and protected areas, resource exploitation spillover, and community-led risk management. And pandas! #ICCB2025 @iccb2025.bsky.social

Please come along to our #ICCB2025 symposium on "Future pathways for area-based conservation" tomorrow, Tues 17, from 3:15 to 4:15 pm in Mezzanine Level Meeting Room M3. We have a set of excellent speakers talking about how and whether different types of conservation areas fit within GBF Target 3.

Such a beautiful welcome to Turrbal country from song woman Butinga and Aunty Cathryn. Welcoming us to #ICCB2025 with first nations representatives responding in song, and delegates from 90 countries embracing the smoke, the welcome, the deep connection with Country

Angela Liu running a workshop on migratory species and the GBF for #ICCB2025

Good first day of RADcamp Brisbane edition at #iccb2025 (with a nice ferry ride back into the city)! Great to hear about everybody's background and work. We'll continue with downstream popgen analyses tomorrow.

Outreach Manager @janirecas.bsky.social‬ will be taking over the account this week to post live from @iccb2025.bsky.social‬. Stay tuned for highlights from the conference! #ICCB2025 #conservation

Presenting "Using evidence to evaluate conservation impacts on species populations" Weds 9:54 in Great Hall 1, and in tackling conservation evaluation issues forum Mon 1pm in M3! Please reach out/come find me to chat about all things extinction risk/conservation actions!🐨🔍🐿️ @iccb2025.bsky.social

#ICCB2025 I'll be presenting our work on "Over the Horizon" extinction risk forecasting for proactive conservation planning at 10:30am on Monday, in M2. It will be minus 3 degrees in Canberra tonight so looking forward to escaping to Brizzie for a few days...

Looking forward to an exciting ICCB! I'm presenting some recent work using deepSSF to simulate animal movement and dynamic distributions in 'Landscape & Spatial Ecology II', Wed 8:30-10:30am. Preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... and code and supp info here: swforrest.github.io/deepSSF/.

Exclusive update! Hear how we took an almost-extinct land snail from a few to 600+ for reintroduction at #ICCB2025. Plus, I'll join a panel to discuss vital lessons for island ecosystems, endemic species, and invasive threats. Essential for island & invertebrate conservation!

It's so important as a publisher that we engage with the community when we attend conferences like this. This workshop provides an opportunity to do just that! If you're an early/mid career researcher and you have questions about publishing come and join our panel session at #ICCB2025 🐟🌍🌱

🚀Looking forward to this year's #ICCB2025 @iccb2025.bsky.social!🌿 🎤Next Thursday, we will be talking about how to manage #wildmeat value chains to maximize #foodsecurity, #livelihoods, #biodiversity and #health. We'll also have a #SWMProgramme booth! @wcs.org @cifor-icraf.org @cirad.bsky.social !

Come chat about quolls, puns, and finding any excuse to draw animals for science at my poster at #ICCB2025 Monday at 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM in Great Hall 3 & 4 See you there!

It's time to vote in the SCB Oceania Region Board election! Two nominees have been selected to stand for election for the position of Policy Working Group Liaison, and two nominees are running for re-nomination on the board. Check your emails and follow the link to vote before 27 June, 2025.

Excited for all the chats at #ICCB2025! Find me: ➡️Sharing my research on wildlife tourism behaviours on Wed 18 @ 11:35am in the Social Sciences & Conservation session ➡️ Presenting Zoos Victoria’s Image Guidelines at the Designing Social Media Imagery Guidelines for Conservation forum on Sat 14

We'll be at the 32nd International Congress for Conservation Biology in Brisbane next week! Drop by our booth to have a chat with Journal Manager @pattedplants.bsky.social about our ecology journals, open access, and getting published! #ICCB2025 | @iccb2025.bsky.social | @scboceania.org

📢 Calling all SCB Oceania members! Make sure you add our members meeting during the Thursday lunch session to your #ICCB2025 schedule. It will be a great opportunity to meet the SCBO Board and other members from our region. We are also hoping to issue a Conference Statement on behalf of our members

Hi #ICCB2025! I measure the recovery of ecosystem types as part of the IUCN Green Status of Ecosystems. Come see my case study at our symposium: "From Risk to Recovery: Measuring the Status of Ecosystems" Wednesday 2-3 pm - Mezzanine Level Meeting Room M1

I'm really excited for #ICCB2025 I am presenting a talk: 'How effectively do Key Biodiversity Areas represent global avian diversity?' Monday 16th, 11:45, Mezzanine Level Meeting Room M2. Also presenting a poster tropical moist forests in KBAs. Wednesday 18th, 16:15, Great Hall. See you there!

I’ll be speaking in a symposium on protected area spillovers on Thursday, shortly before the closing session! Also leading a Wednesday lunch time panel/Q&A on how to publish with SCB journals.

I'm really looking forward to catching up with old friends and making many new ones too! My talk 👉 'How does prescribed fire affect wildlife: a global review' Monday, June 16, 11:06 - 11:10am. Plaza Level Meeting Room P3 #ICCB2025

Heading to #ICCB2025? Come see me talk about 🐟, #ConGen🧬 and citizen science! You can find me in the Participatory & Citizen Science session: "Integrating Community and Genetics for Conservation Reintroductions of Freshwater Fishes" Mon, June 16, 14:27 - 14:31, Mezzanine Level Meeting Room M1

Sunday #ConservationOptimism! A four-year trial using camels to control prickly acacia, a weed costing farmers millions, has been deemed a success. The camels were able to stop the spread of the plant's seeds across a site in outback Queensland. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Miradi meet up at @iccb2025.bsky.social 2025 on Wed, June 18th at Booth 9 & 10 from 16:30 to 18:00....come meet the Miradi team & fellow users to learn about how you can use Miradi & explore upcoming features like online work planning! #conservationsoftware #conservationstandards #conservationtech

The #ICCB2025 app is now available for download in the app store! Search ‘ICCB 2025’ to download. The app is your essential guide to ICCB. Thank you to The Rufford Foundation for sponsoring the app! @iccb2025.bsky.social‬

Start your #ICCB2025 day off right with an immersive yoga class focusing on movement, stillness and the sacred thread of connection. Yoga sessions will run in the Low Sensory Room. Spaces are limited and registration is required. Link to register in bio. @iccb2025.bsky.social‬