This week, the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee recommended the repeal of Section 487 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999. This amendment would prevent individuals and community groups from seeking judicial review of decisions under the EPBC Act. The inquiry attracted 292 formal submissions, with most opposed to the repeal … Continue reading SCBO opposes EPBC Act amendment
The VUW chapter is based at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Currently, most of our members are students at VUW but we aim to broaden our membership to include professionals working in fields relevant to conservation as well as anyone else with an interest and desire to get involved in conservation. Here’s a taste … Continue reading Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) Chapter Update
Recent posts from Justine Hausheer on TNC’s Cool Green Science blog provide a great insight into what life is like for a scientist in the field in Oceania…
In addition to preparing our own policy statements, SCBO frequently signs or authors policy statements relating to issues that we think are important to our membership. Here are two recent contributions: Review of Australia’s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2010-2030 Comments on the National Biodiversity Strategy Secretariat’s five-year review of Australia’s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy. SCBO’s key concern … Continue reading Policy submissions, September 2015
Our member in the spotlight this week is Jessica Walsh. Jessica’s paper “The effect of scientific evidence on conservation practitioners’ management decisions” won her the SCBO student publication award for 2015. Below, she tells us more about her research and has some great tips for making your research useful for conservation practitioners.
Invasive species are a global threat to biodiversity, but here in Oceania they are particularly problematic; invasive vertebrates and plants have caused 75% of all terrestrial vertebrate extinctions on oceanic islands. There is often a limited understanding of the biology of emerging invasive species, but delay in action may result in escalating costs of control, … Continue reading New Science: Managing invasive species in Oceania
Our member in the spotlight this edition is Tim Doherty, completing PhD student at Edith Cowan University and recipient of our 2015 student presentation award!
Now that ICCB 2015 is over, it’s time to turn attention towards our own regional conservation conference in 2016. The fourth biannual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology in Oceania, ‘Science meets Action, Water meets Land‘, will be held from 5-8 July in Brisbane, Australia. The meeting will bring together the community of conservation … Continue reading Get ready for SCBO 2016!
Continuing our ICCB 2015 roundup, here are a few more impressions from the conference… From Megan Evans, SCBO board member, PhD student and Social media editor for Conservation Letters: There was a HUGE Oceania presence. Not only is the President of the global organisation an Oceanian but also the Editors in Chief of both Conservation … Continue reading Impressions from ICCB-ECCB 2015
When the Society for Conservation Biology Service Awards were announced at ICCB 2015 three of the six awardees on stage were from Oceania! Early Career Conservationist Award: Stacy Jupiter Honors the achievements in conservation by professionals early in their careers (no more than 10 years since leaving school) Stacy Jupiter is the Melanesia Program Director … Continue reading More awards for SCB Oceania members
