Aim

The Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation (JBC) is a National, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing high-quality, original research that advances understanding of biological diversity and informs its conservation and sustainable use. JBC seeks work that is scientifically rigorous, reproducible, and clearly linked to conservation outcomes, policy, natural-resource management, or community-based action.

Thematic scope

JBC welcomes manuscripts across all levels of biological organisation and all life forms, including plants, fungi, animals, microbes, and ecosystems. The journal gives priority to work that:

• Documents biodiversity (taxonomic descriptions, inventories, checklists, species rediscoveries, and range extensions) with robust voucher and metadata practices.
  Advances conservation science and practice (threat assessments, population studies, habitat restoration, protected-area effectiveness, human–wildlife conflict mitigation, and recovery planning).
• Integrates ecological, evolutionary, social, and policy perspectives (interdisciplinary studies linking livelihoods, governance, and conservation outcomes).
  Applies or develops novel methods and technologies (remote sensing, eDNA, bioacoustics, modelling, GIS, and data science) to biodiversity monitoring and conservation.
• Investigates the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and adaptation/mitigation strategies.
• Explores ethnobiology and ethnopharmacology where studies validate traditional knowledge, assess sustainable use, or document cultural relationships with biodiversity.
• Publishes high-quality datasets, long-term monitoring results, and reproducible analyses that enable reuse and meta-analysis.
  
  

Article types

JBC publishes:

Research articles – Full, original studies with complete methods and reproducible analyses.
Short Communications – concise reports of urgent or novel findings (e.g., new records, first observations).
Data papers – Detailed descriptions of well-curated datasets made available in public repositories.
Reviews & syntheses – Authoritative reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses with clear implications for conservation.
Methods & protocols – Validated methodological advances or standardized protocols for biodiversity research.
Conservation practice & policy notes – Evidence-based case studies, intervention evaluations, and policy analyses with explicit management implications.

Ethics & conflicts of interest

All submissions must comply with ethical guidelines for research involving humans, animals, and traditional knowledge, including documented community consent for ethnobiological work. Authors must declare funding sources and potential conflicts of interest.

Indexing & impact goals

JBC seeks wide discoverability and is committed to improving editorial standards and indexing in major bibliographic databases to increase visibility and impact for authors.

Audience

Researchers, practitioners, conservation managers, policymakers, natural resource agencies, NGOs, and graduate students working in biodiversity, ecology, taxonomy, conservation science, ethnobiology, and related disciplines.