The second Rufford Small Grants Recipients Conference took place in Armenia from 27-30th September, 2012. On behalf of Young Biologists Association (YBA) the principal coordinator of the meeting was Marine Arakelyan – leader of YBA Biodiversity Conservation and Research Group, coordinator - Sargis Aghayan, vice-president of YBA, and organizer – Arsen Gasparyan, president of YBA. Four active members of YBA were selected to help to organize the conference as volunteers.