Conservation Letters

Join the groundbreaking authors of Conservation Letters today by submitting a manuscript. The journal welcomes current and topical submissions across the biological and social sciences − especially interdisciplinary submissions − that advance pragmatic conservation goals as well as scientific understanding. Three types of article are published in Conservation Letters:

• Letters: novel findings with high relevance for practice or policy

• Mini-Reviews: overviews of emerging subjects that merit urgent coverage or succinct syntheses of important topics that are rarely encountered in the mainstream literature

• Policy Perspectives: brief essays for a general audience on issues related to conservation and society

Conservation Letters welcomes manuscripts in all biomes (marine, terrestrial, and freshwater), ecosystems, and cultural settings, and will strive for balanced coverage of each. Send us your manuscript!

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Articles published in Conservation Letters are frequently covered in the media. Examples below, for a full list click here.

Does Indonesia's REDD+ moratorium on new concessions spare imminently threatened forests?
Sean Sloan, David P. Edwards and William F. Laurance
Nature: Indonesian deforestation ban makes slow progress

Acting fast helps avoid extinction
Tara G. Martin, Simon Nally, Andrew A. Burbidge, Sophie Arnall, Stephen T. Garnett, Matt W. Hayward, Linda F. Lumsden, Peter Menkhorst, Eve McDonal and d-Madden Hugh P. Possingham
Mongabay: Island bat goes extinct after Australian officials hesitate

Migration links ocean-scale competition and local ocean conditions with exposure to farmed salmon to shape wild salmon dynamics
B. M. Connors, D. C. Braun, R.M. Peterman, A. B. Cooper, J. D. Reynolds, L. M. Dill, G. T. Ruggerone and M. Krkošek
Vancouver Sun: Fraser River sockeye face triple whammy of threats: new SFU study

Identifying Cinderella species: uncovering mammals with conservation flagship appeal
Robert J. Smith, Diogo Veríssimo, Nicholas J.B. Isaac and Kate E. Jones
New York Times: Inviting Cinderella Species to the Ball

Lack of conservation effort rapidly increases African great ape extinction risk
Sandra Tranquilli et al
Mongabay.com: Lack of conservation effort rapidly increases African great ape extinction risk

Cost-effective conservation: calculating biodiversity and logging trade-offs in Southeast Asia
Brendan Fisher, David P. Edwards, Trond H. Larsen, Felicity A. Ansell, Wayne W. Hsu, Carter S. Roberts and David S. Wilcove
New York Times: Can Logging and Conservation Coexist?