Virtual issues are online-only collections of articles on a particular theme selected from current and/or previous content published in the journal. The articles are generally accompanied by an Editorial or Commentary, providing an introduction and context for the virtual issue.

Conservation in Indonesia

Editorial: Strengthening the future: advancing biodiversity conservation in Indonesia by Ulfah Mardhiah, Nuruliawati and Irene M.R. Pinondang.

Volume 58: Issue 4

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Primate conservation

Editorial: Advancing conservation of threatened primates by Luciana Oklander, Andie Ang and Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh.

Volume 58: Issue 2

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Wildlife trade

Editorial: Local impact, global challenge: the role of domestic markets in the illegal wildlife trade by Melissa Arias, Hannah N.K. Sackey and Reshu Bashyal.

Volume 58: Issue 1

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Fauna & Flora Marine Conservation

Editorial: Putting communities at the heart of marine conservation by Gabriella Church, Sophie Benbow, and Henry Duffy

Volume 57: Issue 2

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Human rights and conservation

Editorial: Conservation and the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities: looking forwards by Stephanie Brittain, Helen Tugendhat, Helen Newing and E.J. Milner-Gulland

Volume 55: Issue 5

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Sea turtle conservation

Editorial: Reflections on sea turtle conservation by B. J. Godley, A. C. Broderick, L. P. Colman, A. Formia, M. H. Godfrey, M. Hamann, A. Nuno, L. C. M. Omeyer, A. R. Patrício, A. D. Phillott, A. F. Rees and K. Shanker

Volume 54: Issue 3

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Extinction

Editorial: Schrödinger's cat extinction paradox by David L. Roberts and Martin Fisher

Volume 54: Issue 2

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Invertebrate Conservation

Editorial: The small, the hidden, the less-loved: conserving other species by Martin Fisher

Volume 53: Issue 2

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Recapturing Earth Optimism

Editorial: Earth Optimism—recapturing the positive by Nancy Knowlton

Volume 53: Issue 1

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Illegal Wildlife Trade

Commentary: Documenting and tackling the illegal wildlife trade: change and continuity over 40 years by E.J. Milner-Gulland

Volume 52: Issue 4

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Cultural Values on Conservation

Editorial: What role for culture in conservation? by Helen Schneider

Volume 52: Issue 2

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Snow Leopard Conservation

Commentary: The elusive snow leopard Panthera uncia by Charudutt Mishra

Volume 51: Issue 4

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Celebrating Earth Optimism

Editorial: On positive shifting baselines and the importance of optimism by Andrew Balmford

Volume 51: Issue 2

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The Great Game

Editorial: The Great Game: conservation in East Africa 1950–2016 by William M. Adams

Volume 50: Issue 4

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Conflict in Conservation

Editorial: Whose conflict is it anyway? Mobilizing research to save lives by Martin Fisher

Volume 50: Issue 3

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Conservation in Central Asia

Editorial: From feast to famine on the steppes by David P. Mallon

Volume 50: Issue 2

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An Arabian Tale

Editorial: Fall, resurrection and uncertainty: an Arabian tale by Martin Fisher

Volume 50: Issue 1

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