Remembering Dr. Ben Collen, an exemplary conservation biologist by Mace, GM, Milner-Gulland, EJ, Nicholson, E

Ontological Politics of Wildlife: Local People, Conservation Biologists and Guanacos by Robert Petitpas, Cristian Bonacic

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To protect everything, please click here: Does a revolution in data collection guarantee one in conservation? by Can, O, Macdonald, D

“…An editorial published in Nature (2007) states that “… it can sometimes comes as a surprise for outsiders to learn how far removed the conservation biologist often is from actual efforts to save species”. …”

Design Collaboration and Exaptation in a Habitat Restoration Project by Mitchell Whitelaw, Joyce Hwang, Darren Le Roux

“…An architect, a conservation biologist, and a digital designer worked together to develop an artificial habitat structure for an urban nature reserve in Canberra, Australia. …”
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The deep subterranean environment as a potential model system in ecological, biogeographical and evolutionary research by David Sánchez-Fernández, Valeria Rizzo, Charles Bourdeau, Alexandra Cieslak, Jordi Comas, Arnaud Faille, Javier Fresneda, Enric Lleopard, Andrés Millán, Aitor Montes, Susana Pallares, Ignacio Ribera

“…In order to provide accurate predictions of the response of the subterranean biodiversity to climate change, we encourage evolutionary biologist, biogeographers and conservation biologist to work in this interesting ecosystem.…”
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Criteria for a good catch: A conceptual framework to guide sourcing of sustainable salmon fisheries by Nick Gayeski, Misty MacDuffee, Jack A. Stanford

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Imaginary populations by A. Martínez–Abraín

“…As a population ecologist and conservation biologist I totally agree with these authors and, like them, I be¬lieve that greater precision and care is needed in the use and definition of ecological terms. …”
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Imaginary populations by A. Martínez-Abraín

“…As a population ecologist and conservation biologist I totally agree with these authors and, like them, I be¬lieve that greater precision and care is needed in the use and definition of ecological terms. …”
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In This Issue: Advancing the Right to Food by Duncan Hilchey

“…Lawyer, activist, and human rights expert Smita Narula delved deep into the conference theme by speaking to the foundation for considering food as a human right while noting that the U.S. has dragged its feet on this issue, making more advances in civil and political rights than in economic and social rights that include the right to food. Berkeley conservation biologist Claire Kremen made the case for agroecology as a commonsense response to Earth's biophysical constraints to the right to food. …”
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Adapt conservation biology teaching to address eco-anxiety in students. by Vinícius de Avelar São Pedro, Larissa Trierveiler-Pereira, Juliano Marcon Baltazar

“…The fear of environmental doom (eco-anxiety) is a new and growing source of mental distress that could particularly affect the next generation of conservation biologists. With care and empathy, educators can help to prevent worsening the mental health of students.…”
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A heuristic for innovative invasive species management actions and strategies by Yves Meinard, Małgorzata Dereniowska, Sandrine Glatron, Virginie Maris, Véronique Philippot, Jean-Yves Georges

“…The resulting debates between advocates and critics of biological invasion mitigation are doomed to remain sterile unless the whole diversity of points of view is considered and the relationships between human beings and non-human beings (i.e., plants and animals) are considered in their full complexity. As conservation biologists involved in invasion research, we argue that, instead of bemoaning such difficulties, conservation biologists should see the challenge to face this diversity as an opportunity to innovate. …”
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Border security fencing and wildlife: the end of the transboundary paradigm in Eurasia? by Milner-Gulland, E, Linnell, J, Trowhurst, A, Boitani, L, Kaczensky, P, Reljic, S, Kusak, J, Majic, A, Skrbinsek, T, Potocnik, H, Hayward, M, Buuveibaatar, B, Olson, K, Badamjav, L, Bischof, R, Zuther, S, Breitenmoser, U

“…This development has gone largely unnoticed by conservation biologists during an era where ironically, transboundary cooperation has emerged as a conservation paradigm. …”

Leveraging conservation action with open‐source hardware by Hill, A, Davies, A, Prince, P, Snaddon, J, Doncaster, C, Rogers, A

“…Data collection by conservation biologists is undergoing radical change, with researchers collaborating across disciplines to create bespoke, low‐cost monitoring equipment from open‐source hardware (OSH). …”

Is it time for Synthetic Biodiversity Conservation? by Piaggio, A, Segelbacher, G, Seddon, P, Alphey, L, Bennett, E, Carlson, R, Friedman, R, Kanavy, D, Phelan, R, Redford, K, Rosales, M, Slobodian, L, Wheeler, K

“…To this point we describe case studies where synthetic biology is currently being applied to conservation, and we highlight the benefits to conservation biologists from engaging with this emerging technology.…”

Beyond the EDGE with EDAM: Prioritising British Plant Species According to Evolutionary Distinctiveness, and Accuracy and Magnitude of Decline. by William D Pearse, Mark W Chase, Michael J Crawley, Konrad Dolphin, Michael F Fay, Jeffrey A Joseph, Gary Powney, Chris D Preston, Giovanni Rapacciuolo, David B Roy, Andy Purvis

“…Conservation biologists have only finite resources, and so must prioritise some species over others. …”
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Leveraging conservation action with open‐source hardware by Andrew P. Hill, Alasdair Davies, Peter Prince, Jake L. Snaddon, C. Patrick Doncaster, Alex Rogers

“…Abstract Data collection by conservation biologists is undergoing radical change, with researchers collaborating across disciplines to create bespoke, low‐cost monitoring equipment from open‐source hardware (OSH). …”
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Conservation biology education at small liberal arts colleges: An opportunity for growth by Cooper Rosin, Paul H. Zedler

“…Abstract Undergraduate education is a critical period for recruiting the next generation of conservation biologists and engaging a broader community of conservationists. …”
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Interactions Among Spatial Scales Constrain Species Distributions in Fragmented Urban Landscapes by Will R. Turner

“…Understanding species' responses to habitat loss is a major challenge for ecologists and conservation biologists, who need quantitative, yet practical, frameworks to design landscapes better able to sustain native species. …”
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Utility of mitochondrial COI gene for identification of wild ungulate species of conservational importance from Pakistan by Asif Naseem, Sajida Batool, Fakhar- i- Abbas

“…Therefore, estimating biodiversity, monitoring illegal trades and detecting commercial food frauds involving these species is a challenge for zoologists and conservation biologists. Here, we have attempted to exploit the discriminating power of mitochondrial COI gene to identify and to generate barcodes of the wild ungulate species of conservational importance found in Pakistan. 86 specimens of 19 wild ungulate species found in Pakistan were analyzed for their COI sequences. …”
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Species’ cultural heritage inspires a conservation ethos: The evidence in black and white by Hopper, NG, Gosler, AG, Sadler, JP, Reynolds, SJ

“…Yet, in industrialized countries, this rich cultural heritage is largely ignored by conservation biologists. Taking the Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) as a focal species, we conducted a classroom‐based survey to test the value of avian cultural heritage for inspiring a conservation ethos among UK schoolchildren, comparing it with the effects of other information types and factors. …”