Diverse groups with different perspectives are often better at solving problems. In the era of a sixth mass extinction, conserving endangered tropical biodiversity requires an efficient uptake of research and expert knowledge. This can only be achieved by taking into account diverse scientific perspectives and stakeholder interests. Current research on the topic, however, indicates that the international scientific leadership is largely dominated by male scientists from the Global North, and that conservation science is still not put into practice as often as it could be. In particular, ecologists from various megadiverse and populous countries (i.e. China, India, Brazil, and Indonesia) are still highly underrepresented in the global scientific community, and we lack conservation research and action from many biodiversity hotspots with rapidly increasing numbers of threatened species. These findings call for a thorough investigation and discussion of research findings, knowledge gaps, challenges and opportunities associated with unintended but implicit bias in tropical scientific communities, and how this affects conservation. This symposium will highlight the untapped potential of improved inclusion and multidisciplinary cooperation for biodiversity conservation by presenting latest findings from tropical conservation research and practice.   The speakers in our symposium will present current findings on the diversity of scientific communities in international publishing and research, as well as on the various benefits of transdisciplinary cooperation, science communication and science-policy interactions to promote co-production of knowledge and efficient implementation of research into practice. By looking at different examples from various geographic regions and sub-disciplines of tropical biology, challenges and opportunities are identified that pursue a common call to conservation science: Diversity and inclusion should be promoted in scientific communities to create more representative research landscapes that jointly work towards better solutions for biodiversity conservation in the tropics.   This symposium will be accessible and broadcasted online, and will consist of both on-site and online presentations to enable a multidisciplinary exchange with a wide audience from the broad international conservation science community. We would also like to provide a live translation into Spanish, the language of the host country. In a concluding discussion with the entire audience, key issues and questions will be identified to provide a baseline for a conceptual synthesis paper or survey/review study on the topic.