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.

This masterclass, which focuses on management and leadership, is the third and final stage of the wider project funded by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), that the Tropical Biology Association (TBA) has developed together with its partners in the Indo-Burma region, to strengthen the capacity of 25 national CSOs for lasting conservation impacts.         

Ecosystem services and natural capital, and the application of nature-based solutions is receiving a growing profile among conservationists and decision makers worldwide. This course will help fill the capacity gap in understanding these concepts (they span both ecology and economics) and in how to measure them so they can be used in conservation management and advocacy. The course will introduce you to the TESSA toolkit, which provides step-by-step guidance for conservationists looking to undertake an ecosystem service site-based assessment; we will cover the links between nature and human well-being, and stimulate thinking about how conservationists can use this in their projects on the ground. 

Ensuring gender equity in natural resource management remains a barrier in many African countries. Yet, the contribution of women is critical to the long-term and successful conservation of natural resources in the continent.  This masterclass will tackle the challenges women-leaders working to conserve the Guinean Forests of West Africa Biodiversity Hotspot face. It will build the women's capacity in strategic fundraising,  leadership, and gender and equality in conservation.  All of these are key pillars for sustainable organizations.

This masterclass is particularly suitable for heads of emerging civil society organizations working with communities at the grassroot level. This includes senior managers, directors and presidents who are responsible for their organization’s strategic missions. Lasting about three weeks, the masterclass will strength organizational capacity around strategic planning; leadership and governance; and gender, communities and social diversity.        

This is the online learning component of a wider project funded by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), that the Tropical Biology Association (TBA) has developed together with its partners in the Indo-Burma region, to strengthen the capacity of 25 national CSOs for lasting conservation impacts. The course will take place between April 2023 and August 2024 in three stages: online learning; in-person masterclass; follow-up mentoring.