Tropical Conservation Science is a peer-reviewed open access new e-journal that publishes original research papers and state of the art reviews of broad interest to the field of conservation of tropical forests and of other tropical ecosystems. The 1st issue was released on March 3rd. You can consult the issue in www.tropicalconservationscience.org. The global community of scientists, advanced graduate students and conservationists working in the tropics are invited to submit manuscripts for possible publication in future issues of the e-journal.