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Today there are 6 billion people on earth and the human population is growing by nearly 100 million people per year. This is 260,000 new people each day every day. The collective activities of this expanding population have profound influences on the biosphere. The earth is truly like a pot on the stove that is coming to the boil. Of the thousands of human generations that have come before, no other has faced the real possibility of causing the loss of a significant portion of the earth's species. Far beyond the politics, economics, and social mores of our time, the singular issues that will define the 21st century is the relationship between humans and the planet.

The Center for Conservation Biology was founded in 1992 with the dream of developing the ecological equivalent of Thomas Edison's famed Menlo Park. A place where a community of dedicated professional scientists, students, and citizens could be brought together to focus not on patents or profits but on developing lasting solutions to environmental problems. Whether you are a student eager to learn research techniques, a citizen interested in contributing time or resources to conservation, or a landowner concerned about habitat management, the Center for Conservation Biology needs your assistance.