New leadership for alumni in Nigeria

by | Apr 23, 2018 | Announcements

Freshwater ecologist, Dr Emmanuel Olusegun Akindele, is the new President and country coordinator of the Nigerian TBA Alumni Group (NTBA). Dr Akindele, who is a lecturer in the Department of Zoology at Obafemi Awolowo University was elected, along with deputy...

Moving forward in the world of conservation

by | Apr 3, 2018 | Events

The resident undergraduates have left Cambridge for the spring holidays, but the university’s zoology department burst into life again as hundreds of young conservation scientists from across the world packed the lecture hall for the 19th Student Conference on...

Thumbs up for teaching how to teach

by | Mar 16, 2018 | Announcements

TBA has been training trainers in Malawi and Kenya to help ensure that new findings about the links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation reach the people who shape future policy and good practice.  The two Professional Development Courses, held in March...

Master class in Madagascar

by | Feb 22, 2018 | Announcements

Civil society organisations (CSO) working in conservation across the Madagascar and Indian Ocean biodiversity hotspot have until 9 March to nominate middle and senior managers for a TBA master class, aimed at raising the impact of their projects on the ground. This...

A new-look TESSA for 2018

by | Jan 16, 2018 | Announcements

Here’s a tip from TBA for conservation organisations who might still thinking about New Year resolutions. Take a look at the new version of TESSA – the interactive toolkit designed to help managers evaluate ecosystem services at site level. TESSA equips managers...