by Mary.Hansford | Aug 1, 2024 | Courses, General News
24 young conservationists are embarking on the final stage of their TBA field course at Uganda’s Makerere University Biological Field Station. Having spent the first two weeks of the course learning about tropical forest ecology, through workshops and practical...
by Mary.Hansford | Mar 9, 2021 | Alumni, Individual Alumni News
Mery Nomsa is an ornithologist, Tropical Biology Association field course participant and now the BOU Best social media scicommer (science communicator). Very active on social media and blogging as “BigBirdie” Mery is passionate about birds and communicating this...
by Mary.Hansford | Oct 27, 2020 | Alumni In Action, Announcements, Individual Alumni News
Dr Bernard Coetzee, TBA Kenya field course alumnus and renowned conservation scientist recently scooped a grant of $ 150,000 (R 2.5 million). Bernard always says “The TBA course was instrumental in helping me get where I am now”. Bernard’s research career began a few...
by Mary.Hansford | Sep 17, 2020 | Alumni In Action, Announcements, General News
While the source of the virus that has caused Covid 19 is still unknown, bats and other wildlife have been blamed. TBA alumni have been busy joining in the debate. Ricardo Rocha and Paul Webala recently published an enlightening letter in Animal Conservation outlining...
by Mary.Hansford | Aug 26, 2020 | Announcements, Events
A major challenge for early career researchers is letting the world know about their important conservation work. Publishing is a sign of quality in research and can ultimately help inform management decisions to conserve species and their habitats. The TBA has just...
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