This is the online component to our Project Design field course, which focussed on practical skills and know-how for designing field-based projects. The course was based at the Mpala Research Centre in the savanna and grassland ecosystems of Laikipia region, Kenya. The course lasted 10 days and to help prepare students for the course we included this online element.  Here participants could get to know their fellow students and tutors and learn about some of the fauna and flora they would see whilst on the course. They also learnt the foundations of designing projects, from asking the research question to thinking about the sampling design. This would be built on further during the field element of the course. Our online and field element of the course aims to: give students first hand experience of conservation and ecological issues of tropical ecosystems; provide them with skills essential to conducting field research; enable them to learn from each other and form a dynamic network; inspire and support them in developing their career in ecology and conservation.         

Les compétences en matière de collecte de fonds sont essentielles pour que les chefs de projet puissent attirer les ressources nécessaires à la réalisation de projets de conservation prioritaires. La TBA a développé ce cours en ligne afin de fournir aux participants l'expertise et les outils qui les aideront à rédiger des propositions de financement convaincantes. À la fin du cours, vous serez en mesure de : Décrire les éléments clés d'une bonne proposition de financement et mieux comprendre la relation entre vous et les bailleurs de fonds potentiels ;Concevoir un budget basé sur les activités et structurer efficacement votre proposition, en rédigeant de manière claire et concise ;Créer un plan stratégique de collecte de fonds pour vous-même ou votre organisation. Fundraising skills are essential if project managers are to attract the resources they need to carry out priority conservation projects. The TBA developed this online course to give people the expertise and tools that will help them write winning fundraising proposals.   By the end of the course you will be able to:  Describe key ingredients of a good funding proposal and better understand the relationship between you and potential funders; Design an activity-based budget and structure your proposal effectively, writing in a clear and concise manner; Create a strategic fundraising plan for yourself or your organisation.

Grâce à ce cours en ligne, les participants acquerront une expertise dans la conception de projets de conservation, en communiquant les impacts qu'ils ont l'intention d'atteindre. Through this online course participants will gain expertise in designing conservation projects, communicating the impacts they intend to achieve.        

Fundraising skills are essential if project managers are to attract the resources they need to carry out priority conservation projects. TBA and ASAP have developed this online course to give people the expertise and tools that will help them write winning fundraising proposals.   By the end of the course you will be able to:  Describe key ingredients of a good funding proposal and better understand the relationship between you and potential funders; Design an activity-based budget and structure your proposal effectively, writing in a clear and concise manner; Create a strategic fundraising plan for yourself or your organisation.

Forest managers and conservation practitioners require a rounded set of skills for successful in-situ conservation and restoration of threatened tree species for long-term impact.  This online course complements our in-person course on restoring threatened trees through  forest-based approach in Ghana.   Funded by the Franklinia Foundation, the aim of our training is to strengthen projects on threatened tree species conservation and their habitat restoration.  The project is a collaboration between the Tropical Biology Association and the Institute of Nature and Environmental Conservation, Ghana.

The need for robust conservation projects has never been more acute as we confront the global climate emergency and biodiversity crisis. That is why TBA and ASAP have come together to develop this online course.    Through this course you will learn to: Create a logical structure for your project and summarise the long- and short-term impacts Explain your project's baselines, learn about indicators and the importance of measuring impacts Familiarise yourself with logframes and identify appropriate means of verification for your project indicators

Este curso foi concebido para ajudar os cientistas da conservação a comunicar a importância e o impacto do seu trabalho. Os participantes aprenderão a escrever textos interessantes e a apresentar resultados. O curso incluirá módulos sobre como selecionar revistas científicas e interagir com editores e revisores. Isto aborda a questão de que os conservacionistas de países tropicais têm taxas de publicação relativamente baixas. Este curso baseia-se nos nossos cursos in situ e online que a TBA realizou para jovens cientistas da conservação que conseguiram publicar artigos posteriormente. Irá adquirir ferramentas e abordagens que pode aplicar à sua própria escrita científica, e aprenderá sobre as melhores práticas e armadilhas comuns a evitar.

Le matériel fourni dans ce cours en ligne consolidera les sujets couverts dans la classe de maître. Les participants acquerront une expertise dans la conception de projets de conservation, la communication des impacts qu'ils ont l'intention de réaliser, et la rédaction d'une proposition de financement avec une structure logique et un style de rédaction clair et convaincant.      

Esta componente online completa a primeira sessão de formação para Conservacionistas em São Tomé e Príncipe, e faz parte de um programa maior que decorre até novembro de 2024. Esta componente foi concebida especificamente para indivíduos que pretendem adquirir conhecimentos na conceção de projectos de conservação - e comunicar os impactos que pretendem alcançar.  Continuaremos a encorajá-lo a pensar e a falar sobre o problema que quer resolver, os impactos que quer ter ao resolver o problema e como alcançar esses impactos.