Conservation would benefit if more women were actively involved. That is the message from TBA Director Dr. Rosie Trevelyan, who was featured on the popular BBC Radio 4 programme, Woman’s Hour, on March 18th. Rosie discussed issues around gender and conservation, the difference women would make in practice and what needs to be done to increase the number of women taking careers in conservation. Click here to listen to what Rosie had to say.
TBA brought together 19 restoration managers, from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, working in NGO’s, government, universities and the private sector to participate in a training course we designed to move the dial for restoration in West Africa. ‘Restoring Forest Landscapes: a training course for restoration manager’, hosted at Liberia’s Forestry training institute benefited from their long history of restoration programmes, training and outreach.
TBA’s new training programme has created a skilled cohort of 41 African forest restoration professionals from 16 countries across Africa. They now have the expertise to design evidence-based forest restoration programmes that achieve sustainable outcomes, mitigate climate change and provide a host of ecosystem services for livelihoods and human wellbeing.
TBA Alumnus Beatrice Mukami shines with Best Female Student Oral Presentation Award
“Winning the Best Female Student Oral Presentation Award at the 2nd Joint International Scientific Conference, at the National Museums of Kenya, was both exciting and humbling,” says Beatrice.