Securing the future for mangroves

by | Aug 14, 2018 | Courses

Patience Juma wants to play an active part in protecting her country’s coastline. That’s why she is currently working for the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), where her job includes helping to establish three new mangrove tree nurseries and...

A good start increases impact

by | Jun 12, 2018 | Courses

A training course that TBA co-organised with the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) in Kenya has given conservation managers working at grass roots level new skills to raise the impact of projects designed to protect critically endangered species – including...

Raising the bar in hotspot conservation

by | Apr 30, 2018 | Courses

Who’s going to ensure that the haunting gaze of the critically endangered blue-eyed black lemur looks down on future generations? In response to this, and other pressing conservation concerns in Madagascar and Indian Ocean islands, a pioneering TBA master class has...

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...