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Making citizen science data work for conservation in Africa A new cohort of conservation practitioners and citizen science managers are now equipped with expertise to guide conservation using citizen science data. Our innovative training course brought together...
First-hand learning in the forest
24 young conservationists are embarking on the final stage of their TBA field course at Uganda's Makerere University Biological Field Station. Having spent the first two weeks of the course learning about tropical forest ecology, through workshops and practical...
Using Citizen Science data for decision making
Nineteen citizen science managers from nine African countries have met to learn about using citizen science data to create a conservation impact. Citizen science is an incredibly effective way of gathering information about plants and animals through engaging people....
Developing capacity for landscape restoration
TBA and Kabale University held a dynamic workshop to explore the technical skills gaps hampering ecosystem restoration in Uganda and propose how we might fill them. Experts from NGOs, government departments, universities, and the private sector spent two days in...
TBA’s first course in Portuguese
The Tropical Biology Association is pleased to announce that it will be running its first field course in Guinea Bissau this autumn in partnership with CIBIO (Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources), from University of Porto, Portugal. This course will...
Citizen Science course
The Tropical Biology Association is calling for applications from African conservation scientists for an in-person course to be held in Nairobi over five days in December. Analyzing citizen science data, and communicating results is designed for African conservation...
Data analysts wanted
The Tropical Biology Association requires data analysts (two in Kenya, and two in Nigeria) to join a new project aimed at improving the use of citizen science data in decision making in East and West Africa, and funded by a grant from the Darwin Initiative of the UK...
Protecting nature through citizen science
Africa supports a rich diversity of plants and animals — which are the bedrock for people’s livelihoods. However, nature everywhere is declining, and we need to act now. People and governments in Africa are noticing these declines, and are looking for reliable...
TBA provides skills for crocodile conservation
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...
Join us on a TBA course in Uganda
This summer 24 aspiring conservationists, half from African countries, will learn about tropical ecology and conservation in Kibale Forest National Park in Uganda. They will be participating in the TBA tropical ecology and conservation field course, with tuition and...