The 35th General Assembly of IUBS (https://www.iubsga2026.org/) will be held from 9th-13th June 2026 at the National Science Seminar Complex, Indian Institute of Science (https://iisc.ac.in/), Bengaluru, India. The theme of the General Assembly is Biodiversity Forever Despite the Anthropocene. The symposia are based on contemporary topics in ecology and biodiversity, from molecules to ecosystems to conservation strategies. The General Assembly comes back to India, to the same city, exactly after 50 years. The following are the scientific sessions being organised between 10-12 June 2026 as part of the General Assembly of IUBS. Topics of the Symposia include one health, science for conservation policies in Africa, marine/mangrove conservation, technology to map and monitor biodiversity, precision agriculture, pastoralism, geology-biology interface and chemical ecology in the Anthropocene. Poster and oral presentations from students, early career researchers and faculty from across the world are encouraged. If interested, please visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2VNkyMMaLbIuAxeyuNLHt_2_vljt4A_gIUhzZXuPNgHAqFw/viewform to pre-register on the portal to receive further updates on exciting scientific sessions. Please contact iubsga2026@gmail.com for any queries or to express your interest to set up a kiosk/stall or to promote your efforts in biodiversity/ecology/wildlife biology/conservation/methodology/devices/data analytics, etc. Please find the conference flyer here.  

The International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS; http://www.iubs.org/) was founded in 1919, which is now 106 years old, is the first Union of National Academies (Biology Sections) and Scientific Societies. IUBS represents the collective wisdom of global biologists with the aim to nurture biological diversity in all its forms, to promote open science and open data policy and guidelines in domains such as bio-nomenclature/biodiversity, public health, and agriculture. IUBS has undertaken a leading role in such international undertakings as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Climate Change Education, Open Biodiversity and Health Big Data (BHBD). IUBS has aligned itself with the changing world of the 21st century by closely working with other science and social science unions in addressing the challenges posed by stressors such as global warming, deforestation, increased human/livestock migration, rapid urbanisation, invasive species, and new epidemics.