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A good start increases impact
A training course that TBA co-organised with the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) in Kenya has given conservation managers working at grass roots level new skills to raise the impact of projects designed to protect critically endangered species – including...
Raising the bar in hotspot conservation
Who’s going to ensure that the haunting gaze of the critically endangered blue-eyed black lemur looks down on future generations? In response to this, and other pressing conservation concerns in Madagascar and Indian Ocean islands, a pioneering TBA master class has...
New leadership for alumni in Nigeria
Freshwater ecologist, Dr Emmanuel Olusegun Akindele, is the new President and country coordinator of the Nigerian TBA Alumni Group (NTBA). Dr Akindele, who is a lecturer in the Department of Zoology at Obafemi Awolowo University was elected, along with deputy...
Moving forward in the world of conservation
The resident undergraduates have left Cambridge for the spring holidays, but the university’s zoology department burst into life again as hundreds of young conservation scientists from across the world packed the lecture hall for the 19th Student Conference on...
Thumbs up for teaching how to teach
TBA has been training trainers in Malawi and Kenya to help ensure that new findings about the links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation reach the people who shape future policy and good practice. The two Professional Development Courses, held in March...
Master class in Madagascar
Civil society organisations (CSO) working in conservation across the Madagascar and Indian Ocean biodiversity hotspot have until 9 March to nominate middle and senior managers for a TBA master class, aimed at raising the impact of their projects on the ground. This...
A new-look TESSA for 2018
Here’s a tip from TBA for conservation organisations who might still thinking about New Year resolutions. Take a look at the new version of TESSA - the interactive toolkit designed to help managers evaluate ecosystem services at site level. TESSA equips managers with...
Training adds value to grants
In Tanzania’s coastal city of Dar es Salaam, conservation project leaders from four countries in East Africa have gathered for a TBA master class that will help them transform every dollar of grant money into impact on the ground. The leaders all work for...
Borneo leaders take interest in capacity building
TBA Director, Rosie Trevelyan, will describe why capacity building is key to managing natural resources sustainably when she addresses an international audience at the Heart of Borneo conference in Malaysia this month (24-25 October). Dr Trevelyan has been invited to...
TBA to lead new training on how ecosystem services can cut poverty in Africa
The TBA has been invited to design and deliver training in Africa for a UK government-funded programme which is assessing how ecosystem services can be sustainably managed to help the world’s poorest people. The programme - Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation,...