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Thanks to Emmanuel Amoah, crocodiles in Ghana are now a priority conservation group. Emmanuel, who hails from the small rural town of Aboso-Nusaem in Ghana, founded a conservation NGO after fast tracking his conservation passion developed on a TBA field course. He is...
Erustus Kanga’s conservation journey has reached a real milestone. We first met him as a student on one of our TBA field courses in Kibale, Uganda, in 1996, and he has been working for wildlife conservation ever since, rising to become Wildlife Secretary in Kenya’s...
The recent COP27 in Egypt brought together a number of Tropical Biology Association alumni who were there to make the case for conservation in Africa. Our alumni were representing NGO’s that were part of our capacity building programme in the Guinea Forests of West...
We are delighted to announce that Emmanuel Amoah, an alumnus from the Tropical Biology Association Tanzania 2017 field course, is one of the winners of this year’s prestigious Whitley Awards. These awards recognise grassroots conservationists, providing funding,...
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...
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...
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...
Community engagement is a key factor in ensuring that conservation measures are implemented successfully in any community. In a bid to enhance the conservation of wildlife in Madagascar, TBA alumnae, Domoina Rabarivelo is undertaking a study on fossa predation and its...
TBA alumnus, Gilbert Adum, is a winner of this year’s prestigious Whitley Awards for his pioneering work in amphibian conservation in his home country of Ghana. Gilbert is one of six winners, selected from 127 applicants from 53 countries, who receive £35,000 project...
2016 kicked off with the good news that TBA alumnus, Dr David Tumusiime, had been appointed Director of Makerere University Biological Field Station in Kibale, the host site for our field courses in Uganda. David is an Associate Professor of Environment and Natural...