Specifically, the workshop: Click here for a full programme of the workshop, including the list of teachers and participants.
"through this workshop we [learnt] vital issues which will help us in our research in the future management of Invasive Alien Plants" Workshop participant
Invasion risk assessment in tropical ecosystems
Second training workshop held at
Amani Nature Reserve, 14-18 May 2007
The workshop taught Tanzanian conservation biologists methods in invasion risk assessment and recent advances in invasive species ecology. Delegates learned the concept of risk assessment, and were introduced to different software that analyses the types of risk posed by invasive plants in tropical ecosystems. Practical exercises centred around creating priority lists of invasive plants and developing management goals to boost attendees' understanding of the invasive plant species ecology, build institutional capacity as new skills are transferred, and catalyse links between ecologists nationally and internationally.
Fourteen participants from 9 institutions attended. Of these, 9 had attended the 2006 workshop while 5 were new participants from TAWIRI, TAFORI, TANAPA, SUA and the Tanzanian Forestry and Beekeeping Division. These institutions were targeted because of their engagement in research, management and control of invasive alien plants. Participants ranged from park ecologists and forest research officers to lecturers.
Teaching was through a mix of interactive lectures, practical exercises, presentations, discussions and posters. Five participants presented work that had been stimulated by the 2006 workshop and carried out in the intervening year.
Participants identified further work that could be carried out based on the skills learned during the 2007 workshop and were invited to apply for support to do so.
100% of participants rated the workshop as “excellent” and that they would “apply the knowledge and skills gained from the workshop afterwards”.
Click here for a full programme of the workshop, including the list of teachers and participants
"I will share my new skills with other students, collaborate with institutions dealing with natural resources, use some examples acquired from the workshop." Workshop participant
The growing threat of alien plants in Tanzania
A training workshop held in
Dar es Salaam, 31 January and 1 February 2008
The third and final workshop built skills and understanding in the practices and principles of managing tropical alien plants. This included practical exercises in developing management options for target species in the East Usambaras. There were 11 trainees from 7 Tanzanian institutions taking part.
Reflecting on the training activities during the last 3 years, 100% of the trainees said they will apply the knowledge and skills gained from the Darwin Project, and gave examples such as:
To achieve these goals, the trainees highlighted the need for, among others:
We hope the seeds sown through this project will continue to grow to provide practical solutions in managing invasive alien plants, not only in Tanzania , if this quote is anything to go by: 
