We are excited about our upcoming conference - organised by Jan A Venter 🇿🇦 - in the beautiful town of Wilderness, Western Cape province. For details and the full programme please visit sawma.co.za/conference-201…

Keep an eye on - better still, follow! - SAWMA as the release of the 2021 anniversary conference program is imminent! The 50th anniversary conference (following a hybrid model) will be held in the beautiful Kruger National Park Sept 5-10. Online attendance will be free.

Next Zim Conservation Live! will be with Prof Andrew Loveridge of WildCRU, Oxford on Friday 30 July at 3pm Zim time. Visit zimscb.org/seminars to register!

Reminder: Dr Lily Maynard from Cincinnati Zoo presents the next SCB Emerging Issues in #Conservation seminar (14 June @ 17:00 GMT). Registration link below... #EcologySeminars World Association Zoos & Aquariums

Out now: McEvoy et al. investigated how pride structure and dynamics affect population growth & reproductive vital rates of 16 managed wild lion populations in South Africa. They discuss how best to manage these #lion populations with high growth rates. doi.org/10.3957/056.05…

Major bonus: virtual attendance is FREE!

#Translocation is a common wildlife management practice across Africa. In a new paper, out now in #AJWR Wolf et al., assessed #adrenocortical function to investigate the #stress response in blue wildebeest during a mass capture event bioone.org/journals/afric…

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Tutilo Mudumba (Tutilo) will deliver a plenary “Wildlife poaching in the context of coupled human and natural systems“ in the Wildlife Management/Conservation Challenges subtheme on Sept 8 (07:00 UTC). #SAWMA50years FREE online attendance! Register now: - sawma.co.za/sawma-conferen…

New seminar announcement! Join Johan du Toit to learn about his work on spatial and temporal scales in biodiversity. Talk is on 26 Aug 2021 at 3pm Zim time. Register now at zimscb.org/seminars SCB SCB Africa Mxolisi Sibanda NOBESUTHU ADELAIDE Timothy Kuiper Diane Skinner

Robyn Hetem (robyn.hetem) will be our 3rd plenary & on Monday 6 Sept (12:00 UTC) she will present “Global change biology – the need for physiological insights” in the Conservation Physiology subtheme. #SAWMA50years Register - FREE online participation: sawma.co.za/sawma-conferen…

The journal Conservation Science & Practice seeks an Editor-in-Chief. Conservation Science and Practice publishes papers that address the policy, planning, and practice of conserving biological diversity. Job details here: bit.ly/3Ipf7wO SCB Africa SCB North America SCB Social Science Working Group SCB Marine Program

March's BioOne Vista features articles about contestants from last night's #2022MMM "Why Not Both?" round! Read the articles from the Journal of #Shellfish Research, CentreEtudesNord, AJWR, #Zoological Science, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, and more at: bio-one.co/3MVsDLl

3 PhD projects on offer in our @SASSCAL funded project: "Antelope". A collaboration with Robyn Strauss Prof. Marco Heurich @Signer_j Melinda Boyers Carsten Dormann Emily Bennitt & Gaseitsiwe Masunga. Contact me for more info.Southern African applicants encouraged to apply. Please RT.