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Major Grant Grows Positive Youth Empowerment Across Countries in Africa Through Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   January, 2023 Major Grant Grows Positive Youth Empowerment Across Countries in Africa Through Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots The award will empower young people to address issues in their communities facing people, other animals, and their environment.     The Jane Goodall Institute’s (JGI) Roots & Shoots youth program is the recipient of a three-year, $1.6 million grant […]

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Scott Atkinson Appointed to Jane Goodall Institute USA Board of Directors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                    NEWS RELEASE Washington, DC October 17, 2022 Scott Atkinson Appointed to Jane Goodall Institute USA Board of Directors The Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) USA is delighted to announce that Scott Atkinson has been appointed to the JGI USA Board of Directors, as of October 2022. Scott is Partner and Co-Head of Heidrick & Struggles’ […]

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Barbie® Introduces New Dr. Jane Goodall and Eco-Leadership Team Certified CarbonNeutral® Dolls

The Future of Pink is Green®: Barbie® Introduces New Dr. Jane Goodall and Eco-Leadership Team Certified CarbonNeutral® Dolls Made from Recycled Ocean-Bound Plastic Latest Mattel sustainable product offering is in line with company goal to achieve 100% recycled, recyclable, or bio-based plastic materials in all products and packaging by 2030   EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 12, 2022 – Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: […]

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Grant awarded to global animal welfare and conservation charity to improve the handling of confiscated wildlife to aid survival and successful prosecutions

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Close to $1million (U.S.) has been awarded to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) to help ensure live animals confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade are handled properly while in custody to improve recovery and strengthen judicial processes leading to prosecutions. IFAW and three […]

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Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Archive Coming to ASU

The physical archive of over 60 years of observations of wild chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, initiated by Jane Goodall — founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and U.N. Messenger of Peace — and comprising hundreds of thousands of handwritten notes by hundreds of researchers, will find a new home at Arizona State University’s newest, state-of-the-art research building, Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 7 […]

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