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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...
Citizen science takes a leap forward in East Africa
Citizen science experts from across East Africa gathered in Nairobi for a pioneering symposium on 29 June - organised by the TBA in partnership with the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH). The aim was to harness the growing interest and expertise in East Africa...
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...
Sir David Attenborough opens new conservation campus
Sir David Attenborough has officially opened a new campus in Cambridge which is the centre of the world’s largest grouping of nature conservation organisations and university researchers. The building housing the campus has been named after Sir David, who has links...
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...
Workshop shows scientists how to communicate with the public
Introduction to popular scientific writing - a one day workshop, Kenya The TBA Kenya Alumni Group are organising a one day workshop on 30 March 2016 to help scientists to reach a wider audience, by sharing their work and their enthusiasm with the public. Popular...
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...
Designing better projects for improved conservation impact
Our experience in building capacity in natural resource management in Africa has shown that managers achieve better impacts on biodiversity conservation from well-designed projects backed up by clear frameworks to monitor progress towards realisation of goals. That’s...