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New study seeks community approach to conserving Madagascar’s largest carnivore
Community engagement is a key factor in ensuring that conservation measures are implemented successfully in any community. In a bid to enhance the conservation of wildlife in Madagascar, TBA alumnae, Domoina Rabarivelo is undertaking a study on fossa predation and its...
Back to the future in Borneo
The TBA is returning to the island of Borneo in 2017 for the first time in six years to deliver its capacity building field courses to young conservation scientists from Southeast Asia, and from around the world. Successful applicants will spend the month of October...
Into the baobabs of Madagascar
These stunning Baobabs of Kirindy forest are just one aspect of the daily magic that awaits 18 young scientists for the next month as they discover the amazing biodiversity of this threatened ecosystem and learn essential skills that conservationists need to safeguard...
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...