This grant focused on developing the capacity of targeted African and Malagasy scientists and their institutions through transferring the necessary expertise and resources to enhance their conservation training and research capabilities, by delivering short term practical field training to African biologists followed by ongoing support afterwards, and to strengthen and foster regional cooperation and exchange and maintain a network of African scientists and conservation managers.
This is a partnership between the Tropical Biology Association, Fauna and Flora International, Earthwatch Institute, and BAT. The partnership aims to contribute to biodiversity conservation according to the partners' missions and relevant global environmental frameworks, and to demonstrate the value and benefits of managing biodiversity impacts within a company that has agricultural supply chains.
To find out more about the activities of the partnership and its members visit the website.
The BES was instrumental in setting up the Tropical Biology Association in 1994. The BES provides £10,000 worth of funding each year to the TBA for scholarships for European participants. These are normally in the order of £200 per applicant.
For further information on BES please go to their website.
This is a collaborative research and training project between the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), the Tropical Biology Association, Amani Nature Reserve (Tanzania), and the Forestry & Beekeeping Division (Tanzania) on combatting invasive alien species in the East Usambaras, Tanzania. The project runs from 2005 to 2008 and will train Tanzanian researchers through masters research programmes and through tailor-made workshops. The project will empower Tanzanian institutes to manage threats to biodiversity from invasive alien plants.
Click here for further information on the East Usambara invasive species project..
TBA is also grateful for the support from:
The Ben Voysey Scholarship Fund
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
The British High Commission Uganda
The British High Commission Kenya