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Paving the way for Citizen Science in Africa

Citizen Science is gaining popularity as a means of engaging the public in collecting data that can tell us how the nature on our doorstep is faring.   As well as helping research, citizen science data can play a big role in supporting national conservation agenda. In...

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Setting the pace for regional conservation

Anitah Faranirina’s goal is to change the conservation scene in Madagascar. With her work at NGO Kolo Ala, she wants to halt the threats facing biodiversity in Madagascar. “We face a great challenge in implementing effective conservation projects as most conservation...

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Measuring nature’s benefits in Malaysia

On the banks of the Kinabatangan River in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, a Community Eco-tourism Cooperative is hosting a TBA training course this week to show conservation managers from across Malaysia how they can evaluate the benefits that nature gives to people. The 17...

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Ready for the rainforest

“I can’t think of of anywhere else where I could have acquired such a broad skillset in such a short time.” That is how Swedish ecology graduate, Arvid Lindh, felt after a month on a TBA field course at the Danum Valley Field Centre in Sabah, Southeast Asia. Today, a...

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Congratulations!

Congratulations to TBA Director, Rosie Trevelyan, and TBA alumnus Dr Chabi Adéyèmi Marc Sylvestre Djagoun, who have both received British Ecological Society (BES) awards, recognising distinguished ecologists whose work has benefited the scientific community and...

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Publish and be heard!

TBA training came to Cambridge this summer. While tourists queued up to peer into the magnificent Great Court of Trinity College, tucked away in a seminar room on the other side of the river, twelve conservation scientists from countries across Africa spent a week on...

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WordPress Resources at SiteGround

WordPress is an award-winning web software, used by millions of webmasters worldwide for building their website or blog. SiteGround is proud to host this particular WordPress installation and provide users with multiple resources to facilitate the management of their...

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Securing the future for mangroves

Patience Juma wants to play an active part in protecting her country’s coastline. That’s why she is currently working for the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), where her job includes helping to establish three new mangrove tree nurseries and...

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