The 20th International Conference in the “Humanistic Ecology” series was held in Chișinău on 11–12 September 2026. The anniversary conference was entitled Ecological Challenges in the 21st Century: Between Nature and Society – Interdisciplinary Reflections on Environmental Crisis. The event was hosted by the “Ion Creangă” State Pedagogical University of Chișinău, while the Department of Ecophilosophy at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw served as the academic coordinator.

The scale of the conference confirmed its international character. The programme included 82 papers prepared by 102 authors and co-authors representing 46 institutions and affiliated units from 18 countries. The presentations addressed environmental philosophy and ethics, environmental education, sustainable development, and the social, cultural, and technological dimensions of the contemporary environmental crisis.

We are pleased to inform our Authors, Readers, Reviewers, members of the Scientific Council, and the Editorial Team that Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw has received the Seal of Recognition for the FAO AGRIS Active Data Provider of the Year 2027.

This recognition is directly linked to the activities of Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae (SEeB), which provide data to FAO AGRIS. Through SEeB, scholarly metadata are regularly made available to AGRIS, strengthening the international visibility, accessibility, and dissemination of research published in the journal.

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae (SEeB) has published its Annual Impact Report 2025, summarizing the journal’s recent development and growing international visibility. The report shows that 2025 was the strongest year in the journal’s history in terms of citation impact, percentile rankings, and international reach. Between 2023 and 2025, SEeB advanced from the 49th to the 68th percentile in the Scopus Philosophy category and from the 39th to the 59th percentile in Arts & Humanities (misc.), while maintaining Q2 status in both categories and achieving a CiteScore of 0.9.

Dear SEeB Authors and Reviewers!

I am happy to inform you that yesterday, the editorial team of "Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae" (SEeB) organized an award ceremony for SEeB Nature Photography Competition participants.

We are proud to announce that the competition was a resounding success in terms of the widespread interest it garnered among nature photography enthusiasts and the unusual artistic quality of the submitted photos.
We invite you to read the competition results and view the awarded photos on our website. (The switch between Polish and English is in the upper right corner of the website).

I wish you enjoyable aesthetic experiences.

Assoc. Prof. Ryszard F. Sadowski
SEeB Editor-in-Chief