Scott Glynn (USA - Amani 99/3) http://communities.msn.com/scottglynn
Piotr Lukasik (Poland - Kirindy04/4) http://kirindy.oak.art.pl
Anita Kikkert (Netherlands), Piotr Lukasik (Poland), Rebecca Beber (UK), Isabelle Baumgartner (Switzerland) all Kirindy 04/4 http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/results/piotr.html
Jenny Sun (Amani 05/3)
http://www.eeb.ucla.edu/Faculty/rundel/jsun/amani.php
Small reunions happen regularly amongst TBA alumni. However, we are delighted to learn that a few countries have taken this further by meeting up and setting up in-country TBA alumni associations. Below are some of these.
Sudan: In Sudan they have established a network by creating a TBA Sudanese Alumni Association. This is to strengthen links amongst follow conservationists and ecologists in their country. Please click here to download an abstract from their first meeting held in 2004 to commerate 10 years of TBA courses.
Ghana: The first all Ghanaian TBA Alumni Group meeting was held in September, 2005 . The group has made it one of its aims to promote Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation in Ghana by embarking on educational outreach programmes in educational institutions in Ghana . The Ghanaian TBA Alumni Group exists to complement the effort of TBA to educate and help young biologists.
Cameroon: In 2005, the Cameroonian TBA alumni followed suit and put into action the Cameroon Tropical biology Association Alumni. For more details please go to the following website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CATBAA/
Nigeria: In July 2006, the Nigeria TBA alumni group (NTBA) had its first ever reunion at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.During the reunion, three of the alumni were elected as officials of NTBA to spearhead the activities of the group. At the end of the event, each alumni was given a T-Shirt with the TBA Logo and NTBA reunion theme written on it, a CD containing the pictures of the activities that took place, and soft and hard copies of the talks and other biodiversity conservation materials. To learn more about the NTBA, please click here or send an eamail to NTBA@yahoogroups.com
We encourage others to establish similar groups and will give advice to any wishing to do so.