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𓃲 Oryx—The International Journal of Conservation publishes leading research on biodiversity, conservation practice and the socio-economic dimensions of conservation.

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🗞️ The latest issue of Oryx celebrates early-career conservationists, featuring 12 articles led by first-time authors wh...
31/07/2026

🗞️ The latest issue of Oryx celebrates early-career conservationists, featuring 12 articles led by first-time authors whose research spans human–wildlife conflict, species recovery, conservation psychology and protected area management.

🎓️ Highlights include the cover article by Rinaldi García et al. on a livestock guarding dog and pumas in Argentina, as well as insights into the role of emotion in conservation decision-making, an assessment of conservation challenges in the conflict-affected W–Arly–Pendjari Complex of West Africa, and evidence that live animal programmes may influence children's attitudes towards conservation and exotic pet ownership. The issue also presents research on species conservation, from dholes, tigers and tapirs to brazilwood, orchids and Townsend’s shearwater.


See the issue blog here: https://www.oryxthejournal.org/blog/latest-issue-becoming-a-conservationist/

Read the issue, Open Access, here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/issue/71593295CA5A6E398FA8157632182625

How has ancient Balinese philosophy helped Bali's last surviving endemic species to thrive?Tri Hita Karana, 'three cause...
03/07/2026

How has ancient Balinese philosophy helped Bali's last surviving endemic species to thrive?

Tri Hita Karana, 'three causes of happiness', teaches that balance is achieved through harmony with the divine, people and nature. And it is with this approach that the people of Babahan Village in the Besikalung Wildlife Sanctuary live alongside their resident Bali starlings.

Read the story of the Bali starling and the people of Babahan Village in our new Oryx blog here:

https://www.oryxthejournal.org/blog/bali-starlings-and-the-three-causes-of-happiness-tri-hita-karana/

🥳 Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough! 🎂 Thank you for all your support over the years,From the team at Oryx ...
08/05/2026

🥳 Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough! 🎂

Thank you for all your support over the years,
From the team at Oryx 𓃲


🌿 David was introduced to our journal in 1959 whilst filming his series Zoo Quest and has been a supportive advocate for Oryx, and Fauna & Flora, ever since 💚

What role does (and should) emotion play in conservation decision-making? 🤔Alice Lawrence from the University of Cambrid...
17/04/2026

What role does (and should) emotion play in conservation decision-making? 🤔

Alice Lawrence from the University of Cambridge tried to find out:

Prevailing narratives suggest that conservationists engaging with emotion in decision-making contexts leads to biased and ineffective decisions, and thus to less effective conservation. This view is not only pervasive in the academic literature, but also amongst conservation practitioners: emotion, intertwined with ecocentric values, is often perceived as a lack of reliability, objectivity and professionality in decision-making processes.

Yet vilifying emotion within conservation decision-making processes inherently rejects conservationists’ emotional experiences and may limit the transformative potential emotion affords. Many conservationists are motivated in the first place by the emotions they feel in relation to nature, and emotions can be crucial drivers of transformational change.

📃 Read more in Lawrence’s article ’More than reason: the roles of emotion in nature conservation decision-making processes’, available open access in Oryx:

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605325102585

🦠'The value of conserving soil biodiversity is becoming increasingly recognized by landholders, government agencies and ...
16/04/2026

🦠'The value of conserving soil biodiversity is becoming increasingly recognized by landholders, government agencies and NGOs. However, there is a clear need to address the huge knowledge gaps that are limiting the scientifically planned management of soil ecosystems. Through the implementation of the recommendations of this study, the IUCN and its partner organizations will be able to support more informed decision-making by governments and communities globally to achieve more sustainable interactions with soil-dependent species and ecosystem functioning.' 🌱

~Neil Cox et al.

Check out the full article in Oryx here:
https://doi.org/10.1017/S003060532510272X

And CI and IUCN's press releases here:
https://www.conservation.org/press/one-in-five-assessed-soil-species-at-risk-of-extinction-data-needed-for-thousands-more-study

https://iucn.org/press-release/202604/one-five-assessed-soil-species-risk-extinction-data-needed-thousands-more

In Anna Asatryan’s Oryx blog, she describes her search for elusive wild pear trees across the rugged Armenian mountains🌄...
09/04/2026

In Anna Asatryan’s Oryx blog, she describes her search for elusive wild pear trees across the rugged Armenian mountains🌄

Anna's story highlights how persistence in the field can reshape what we know about threatened plants, from rediscovering Pyrus hajastana after 52 years to documenting new individuals and localities for other endemic pears 🍐

📃 Read the blog here: https://www.oryxthejournal.org/blog/in-search-of-rare-pear-species-in-the-mountains-of-armenia/

View the original article here: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605324001649

🪽 The latest issue of Oryx features a selection of articles on bird conservation, bringing together studies that span mu...
02/04/2026

🪽 The latest issue of Oryx features a selection of articles on bird conservation, bringing together studies that span multiple continents, species and conservation challenges. In the lead article, Risi et al. highlight the importance of Aldabra in the Seychelles for the red-footed b***y, following an atoll-wide survey that for the first time combined boat-based counts with drone flights.

🪶 Other articles in the section examine trends in bird body mass reported by Indigenous Peoples and local communities across three continents, document community‑led efforts to conserve Myanmar’s white‑bellied heron, explore hybridization as a threat to the Eurasian spoonbill population in Mauritania, and celebrate the successful introduction and breeding of Bali starlings in the Besikalung Wildlife Sanctuary in Bali, Indonesia.

See the issue blog here: https://www.oryxthejournal.org/blog/latest-issue-bird-conservation/
Read the issue, Open Access, here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/issue/81D49F4337F7A23D9345284AD1D7CDC1

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