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Community-led Conservation Promises Potential Hope for Great Apes in DRC

November 03, 2021 — Conservation often feels like a never-ending challenge, which is why a little bit of encouraging news goes a long way! Today’s hope-filled news comes from a recent study in the American Journal of Primatology out of the Democratic Republic in the Congo (DRC) led by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) funded in part by the Jane […]

Women in DRC Come Together to Innovate Alternatives to Selling Wild Meat

October 27, 2021 — The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a biodiversity hotspot which contains an essential population of chimpanzees and critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas. JGI is the co-coordinator of the Eastern DRC Conservation Action Plan and has been driving collaborative action towards shared goals alongside participating NGOs, government officials, and community members for years. As part of the work […]

Dr. Lilian Pintea on Community-Driven Approaches & Conservation Planning

April 21, 2021 — At JGI, we’ve been using Jane’s approach to center the needs of human communities in our conservation efforts for decades. Dr. Lilian Pintea, vp of conservation science at JGI, has helped shape this work through the innovative use of science and technology, providing new pathways for powerful impact. Community-driven conservation is complex and requires commitment […]

Proactive Community-Centered Approach is Vital in Face of Pandemics

April 21, 2020 — In today’s world, we face complex challenges. Challenges that require dynamic solutions that can bring together different sectors and approaches. As we face the COVID-19 pandemic, every level our societal systems and structures are being tested. It has never been more apparent that we need to embrace a more holistic view of health – one that includes the environment. Recently, Dr. Jane Goodall shared her thoughts about the interconnection […]

Humans & Wildlife Can Co-Exist In Uganda Through Holistic Solutions

February 13, 2020 — In the struggle to protect endangered species (all great ape species are endangered), it is often missed that human communities are often the ones who likewise suffer. With difficulties obtaining resources, especially with regulations around protected areas, and with the looming threats of wildlife attacks and/or disruption of agriculture, human communities are faced with mounting […]

Bringing JGI’s Innovative Chimpanzee Conservation Models and Tools to Liberia

June 04, 2019 — After intensive research and scoping to understand the threats to the populations of chimpanzees in Liberia, along with deepened existing relationships with conservation partners including Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue and Protection Organization, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) will begin implementation, alongside expert scientists in the fields of behavior change and species viability, of our well established, […]

Reversing Deforestation: Community-Centered Conservation & Chimp Corridors

December 20, 2018 — As human population and development continue to rise around chimpanzee habitat, both humans and wildlife suffer. As populations grow without proper land-use plans (how areas of their communities will be designated for things like agriculture, housing, etc.), forests are destroyed and human-wildlife conflict increases dramatically. Clearing forests for the purpose of agricultural use, as well […]

JGI is Growing Conservation Impact with $20 Million USAID Program

November 05, 2018 — How do you take decades worth of investment in community-centered conservation to the next level? With support and funding from the United States government through its Agency for International Development, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) is proud to announce the launch of the Landscape Conservation in Western Tanzania (LCWT) initiative, a five-year USD $20 million […]

Bringing Trees Back Means Bringing Water Back in Uganda

April 19, 2018 — The idea that water is fundamental to life appears in some form in every culture throughout history, and for good reason. In the Albertine Rift region of central Africa, rivers and streams support vital chimpanzee and other species habitat who depend on the forest corridor supported by those waterways. This landscape is also home to a growing human population that relies on these natural resources, kept thriving […]

What If Saving the World Meant Protecting Half of It?

April 28, 2017 — Life on earth is dwindling. Scientists predict the loss of 30% to 50% of all Earth’s species by 2050 (Biological Diversity). It may seem as though there is nothing to be done, or as some argue, there is a natural loss which we must accept. But as science has informed us; this is no normal […]

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Community-Led Conservation

Community-led Conservation Promises Potential Hope for Great Apes in DRC

Women in DRC Come Together to Innovate Alternatives to Selling Wild Meat

Dr. Lilian Pintea on Community-Driven Approaches & Conservation Planning

Proactive Community-Centered Approach is Vital in Face of Pandemics

Humans & Wildlife Can Co-Exist In Uganda Through Holistic Solutions

Bringing JGI’s Innovative Chimpanzee Conservation Models and Tools to Liberia

Reversing Deforestation: Community-Centered Conservation & Chimp Corridors

JGI is Growing Conservation Impact with $20 Million USAID Program

Bringing Trees Back Means Bringing Water Back in Uganda

What If Saving the World Meant Protecting Half of It?