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...
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From TBA to Acting Director of Kenya Wildlife Service
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...
Emmanuel wins Whitley Award
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,...
TBA Birder gets BOU scicommer award
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...
ALUMNUS HITS THE JACKPOT
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...
New Director at Makerere field station
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...
New hope for Kenyan mangroves
TBA alumna Margaret Owuor (TBA field course Kibale 2006) is one of the recipients of the 2015 Russell E. Train Fellowships. This grant will support her research project to evaluate the application of ecosystem services approach to the management of mangroves in Kenya....
Leading in Miombo woodlands carbon research
Dr. Ezekiel E. Mwakalukwa, a TBA alumnus from Tanzania, is charting the way forward in the sustainable management of the country’s Miombo woodlands. His PhD research data, which is to be included in a key publication on the role of East African Miombo forests in...
Future for Nature Award for Caleb
Ghanaian herpetologist, Caleb Ofori (2007 Kibale course) has won a prestigious Future for Nature Award 2014 for his contribution to research and conservation of frogs and their environment in Ghana. The award supports young, talented conservationists who are committed...
Marsh Award for Malagasy leader
Congratulations to Julie Hanta Razafimanahaka (TBA field course Kirindy 2005) for scooping the 2014 Marsh Award for Terrestrial Conservation Leadership. Julie won the award for her tireless effort in supporting conservation in her homeland of Madagascar. She is the...