Our member in the spotlight this week is Grace Nugi, a student intern with the Wildlife Conservation Society in Papua New Guinea. Grace won the best student presentation at SCBO 2018 for her Presentation: “More dead than alive: vulturine parrot use in Kerowagi, Papua New Guinea” (abstract below). Let’s meet Grace! What first motivated you to pursue a career … Continue reading Member Spotlight: Grace Nugi
Our member in the spotlight this week is Nathaniel Wehr from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Nathaniel won the CSIRO best student presentation at SCBO 2018 for his Speed Talk “Worm-farming hypothesis and other soil macroinvertebrate responses to nonnative feral pig (Sus scrofa) removal in tropical montane wet forests” (abstract below). Let’s meet Nathaniel! What first motivated you to … Continue reading Member Spotlight: Nathaniel Wehr
The 3rd Student Conference on Conservation Science – Australia is happening at The University of Queensland – UQ in Brisbane July 3-10, 2019! SCCS-Australia will bring together 100 post-graduate students from the Asia-Pacific region to develop their skills and forge lasting professional relationships. Combining a 3-day conference, 2 days of field trips and sightseeing around Brisbane, and 3 days … Continue reading SCCS-Aus 2019 Save the Date
Thanks for joining us at our 5th Oceania Congress for Conservation Biology. To help SCB Oceania to continue to improve our conferences and tailor them to your needs we ask that you complete our post conference survey. This year we have partnered with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and Malatest International to … Continue reading #SCBO2018 Post-Conference Survey
The 2018 SCBO AGM will be held at the Wellington SCBO conference this year. Please come along and contribute to the running of your Society! Date: Thursday 5th July 2018 Time: 12:30-1:30pm (during lunch break) Location: Oceania Room, Te Papa The draft agenda is: Minutes and Actions from the 2017 AGM (Cartagena) New board members Financial statement Voting … Continue reading SCBO 2018 Annual General Meeting
SCBO are pleased to announce the call for our annual student awards. The closing date for nominations for all awards is 30th April 2018. We have two student awards up for grabs – one for the best Oceania student presentation at SCBO 2018 Wellington, and one for the best student publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Prizes … Continue reading 2018 SCBO Student Awards
Dear SCB Oceania members, We invite you to submit nominations for the next Board of Directors (BOD) elections for the Society for Conservation Biology Oceania Section. We have 4 members at large positions and 1 President-elect position that will be opening. Successful candidates will serve 3 year terms. If you know of someone who would be … Continue reading Nominations for new SCBO board members now open
Our member in the spotlight this week is Lauren Tworkowski from La Trobe University. Lauren won the SCBO Best Poster Award at the 2018 Victorian Biodiversity Conference – you can check out her poster here. How did it feel to be selected as the recipient of the SCBO Best Poster award at the Victorian Biodiversity Conference? … Continue reading Member Spotlight: Lauren Tworkowski
Kia Ora! 1) If you submitted an abstract for #SCBO2018 , you should have now received an email notifying you of whether it has been accepted. Please contact wellington2018@scboceania.org if you haven’t received this email 2) All presenters need to REGISTER by the Early bird deadline of 13th April 2018 to confirm their place: http://wellington2018.scboceania.org/register/
The SCBO Board recently conducted an audit of our membership at SCB Oceania. Check out the data below:
