Network:

African partners

TBA partnerships stem from the shared recognition of the urgent need for training and research in tropical biology to create the scientific manpower that can tackle the complex issue of biodiversity conservation. The TBA runs its field courses and follow-up programmes in partnership with several institutions in the below countries.

Kenya

TBA has signed Memoranda of Agreement with the National Museums of Kenya, within which the TBA office is located, and Nature Kenya at the East African Natural History Society with whom TBA has worked in close partnership since TBA's inception. The TBA and Nature Kenya have many overlapping interests, and work together on activities such as the Fundamentals of Ornithology course as well as assisting with the annual national waterbirds survey. TBA also holds a formal agreements with Egerton University and Kenya Wildlife Services. TBA has long standing relationships with Moi University and Kenyatta University.

Uganda

TBA has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with one of Uganda's oldest non-governmental organisations, Nature Uganda, part of the East Africa Natural History, as well as Makerere University - one of the most established universities in East Africa. The TBA works closely with Makerere University's Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation, and the Zoology Department, and and the Makerere University Biological Field Station which hosts the TBA courses in Uganda. TBA has also got strong links with Uganda Wildlife Authority.

Tanzania

TBA's has signed Memoranda of Agreement with the Forestry and Beekeeping Division of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism in Tanzania, Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morongoro, Amani Nature Reserve, and the Tanzania Forestry Research Institute. TBA also have long standing links and relationships with the Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania and the Tanga Catchment Forestry (formerly East Usambara Catchment Management Project or EUCAMP now a government Department) who hosts the TBA courses at the Amani Nature Reserve and the two organisations have worked closely together since 1998 to build the capacity of the Amani nature reserve and to develop the TBA's courses in the East Usambara mountains.

Madagascar

TBA has a memorandum of agreement with the University of Antananarivo as well as close links with the Centre National de Formation, d'Etudes et de Recherche en Environnement et Foresterie and the Peregrine Fund Project.

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