Day 3 → Marja Spierenburg, posters and sessions.. and more posters!
July 9, 2026
Our last but absolutely not least keynote speaker Berta Martin Lopez inspired the congress with how social science and natural science intersect.
“Words shape the worlds we can imagine. When we create space for diverse ways of knowing, feeling, and expressing our connection with nature, new forms of knowledge become possible. Conservation then becomes not only an act of protection, but an act of relationship.”
The early career awards were presented to Hanna Pettersson, Volen Arkumarev (in absentia), and Louise O’Connor & the distinguished service awards to Petr Zasadil and Julia P G Jones
The morning started with the third round of posters, including themes:
- Citizen science and conservation (knowledge exchange)
- Climate change and biodiversity: impacts and adaptation (threats)
- Community engagement, community based conservation (solutions)
- Conflict between green energy transition and conservation (threats)
- Conservation genetics, eDNA, phylogenetic for effective conservation (fundamentals)
- Conservation law and policy (governance)
- Conservation science communication (knowledge exchange)
- Environmental justice, equity, and local knowledge in conservation (socio-cultural)
- Grasslands conservation and management (ecosystem types)
- Habitat modification (threats) II
- Protected areas: delineation and management (governance)
- Social component of conservation (fundamentals)
- Transboundary conservation including conflict zones (governance)
- Global conservation priorities and planetary limits (governance)
In the lunch break, Italian and Hungarian chapters of SCB global met. The chapters work to share knowledge, enlarge our community, and attend future conference to learn the latest in conservation science.
In the evening, the awaited ‘Garden Party’ kicked off at the Hortus Botanicus. Guests enjoyed drinks and diverse bites while enjoying the biodiversity.
