The TBA has been invited to design and deliver training in Africa for a UK government-funded programme which is assessing how ecosystem services can be sustainably managed to help the world’s poorest people. The programme - Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation,...
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TBA is behind new student conservation platform in Nigeria
The tangible impact of TBA capacity building will be felt in Nigeria this week when dozens of students from universities across the country converge for a conference to discuss key national conservation issues. ‘Conservation without Constraints’, which runs from 25-27...
Top job in forest management for TBA alumnus in Liberia
The new head of Liberia’s Forestry Development Authority (FDA) is a TBA alumnus who laid the foundations for his career in conservation during a TBA field course in Tanzania (Amani) in 2009. Darlington Tuagben has been appointed Managing Director of the FDA, where he...
Raising river water quality in Ghana
TBA alumnus Dufie Adu-Pakoh is the first and only woman to hold the post of Basin Officer for Ghana’s Water Resources Commission (WRC). On International Day of Action for Rivers, Dufie told us that her proudest achievement is getting schools and communities involved...
Into the baobabs of Madagascar
These stunning Baobabs of Kirindy forest are just one aspect of the daily magic that awaits 18 young scientists for the next month as they discover the amazing biodiversity of this threatened ecosystem and learn essential skills that conservationists need to safeguard...
Kenyan alumni build skills in specimen preparation
The art of specimen collection and preparation is important, especially for field scientists, because each specimen collected serves as a key source of reliable information. However, few opportunities are available for scientists to learn practically how to collect...
New guide for trainers puts social issues at heart of conservation.
One of the main outputs of a joint initiative to integrate social and rights-based principles in conservation is a training package that is now available on an open access basis in print and online. The TBA was one of four partner organisations from the Cambridge...
Congratulations Mr Frog Man!
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...
Blazing ivory pyres highlight plight of elephants
Kenya’s President, Uhuru Kenyatta, set light to a vast stockpile of ivory to mark the end of a summit of African leaders against poaching and illegal trade in ivory. Around 120 tonnes of ivory were torched, the largest stockpile ever destroyed by any country, in a...
TBA alumni in Cambridge for student conference
More than 160 young champions of conservation science flocked to Cambridge from all over the world for three days in March for the 17th Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS). The TBA is a co-founder and co-organiser of this unique forum - the only...