Our Mission:

The SCB Europe Region is a network of professionals working for the conservation of biodiversity with a special interest in European issues.
The Europe Region was formed to promote conservation biology and its application to conserve biological diversity in Europe. The principal goals of the Region are:

To increase awareness and understanding of European conservation issues.
To strengthen conservation biology research and its application in Europe
To advocate for biological diversity and willingly offer and promote the role of scientific review in assessment of conservation strategies.
To develop, promote and facilitate networks of communication and collaboration among Society members, and other researchers, managers, government agencies and non-governmental organizations in Europe and throughout the world.

SCB Europe has:

An international Board of 12 members
Five standing committees: Policy, DEIJ, Communication, Education, and Membership
Four Chapters (Italy, Hungary, Nordic, Israel)
Over 500 members, representing 28 countries from all over Europe

News from SCB Europe

SCB Europe Art Awards: Call open for 2026

The SCB Europe Art Awards celebrate the inspiring intersection between art and biodiversity conservation. Through these awards, we invite artists to express how they see, feel, and interpret the natural beauty and biodiversity.

ECCB2026 Registration Fee Waivers

The Society for Conservation Biology Europe Region is pleased to invite applications for registration fee waivers for the European Congress of Conservation Biology 2026 (ECCB), which will take place in Leiden in July 2026.

SCB Europe NEWSLETTER WINTER 2025

Happy Holiday Season from the SCB Europe Board! 2025 is coming to an end and we look back to another inspiring and successful year for SCB Europe. Thank you for being part of Europe’s Conservation Biology Community and we look forward to a new year!