On the 3-4 of April 2017 the first Israeli Conference for Conservation Science was held at Sde-Boker campus of the Ben-Gurion University. It was attended by over 170 participants from 15 countries and included keynote lectures by prominent international and local conservationists, contributed talks and poster presentations, a panel discussion, field-trips and lots of discussions and informal chats. Thanks a lot to all the organizations that supported it, and to all those that participated in the meeting and made it a successful inauguration conference! More details here