Into the Looking Glass

Abstract

What a high! The inaugural meeting of the Australasian section of the Society for Conservation Biology was a resounding success, with 369 attendees, 5 symposia, 146 contributed oral papers and 15 poster presentations. The media were attentive, with widespread reporting, at least within the Australian outlets. As noted by an excited Karen Firestone in her postconference summing up: ? ? such a large attendance indicates the strong need and desire for conservation meetings of this sort in the region ? ?. Conservation science is clearly alive and well in Australasia.