IUBS General Assembly took place in Bangalore, India from 9th to 13th June 2026 with Pavan Sukhdev as keynote speaker, and Soumya Swaminathan, Vandana Prasad, and Teatulohi Matainaho as plenary speakers. Symposia on the following themes were organized: ‘One Health,’ ‘Technology to Map and Monitor Biodiversity,’ ‘Chemical Ecology in the Anthropocene,’ ‘Science for Conservation Policies in Africa,’ ‘Precision Agriculture,’ ‘Marine/Mangrove Conservation,’ ‘Pastoralism,’ and ‘Science Forum, the Rio Conventions and the Intergovernmental Scientific Bodies (IPBES, IPCC).’ IUBS members also elected the new Executive Committee and agreed on the scientific programmes that will be developed during the upcoming triennium.
IUBS promotes open science and open data policy and guidelines in the domains of bio – nomenclature/biodiversity, public health, agriculture, etc. It is taking a leading role in Convention of Biodiversity (CBD), Climate Change Education, Open Biodiversity and Health Big Data (BDHD), etc. IUBS itself has aligned with the changing world of the 21st century by closely working with other science and social science unions in addressing the challenges posed by global warming, deforestation, increased human/livestock migration, rapid urbanization, invasive species, new epidemics, etc. The international scope of the scientists that IUBS can bring to bear on the relevant issues is its major contribution to both science and leadership.
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