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Celebrate World Wildlife Day: An Action Plan

April 01, 2026 — Join us in celebration of March 3rd, World Wildlife Day! The UN urges us to “Listen to the Young Voices,” because they are the ones who face a world with the possibility of a vast reduction in wildlife due to the actions of their ancestors. They’ve grown up singing about the wolf crying to the […]

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The Hope for Primate Conservation

April 01, 2026 — News has seemed pretty gloomy for our fellow primates. A recent report found that over half of the world’s primates are nearing extinction. Impacted by deforestation, illegal trafficking, and hunting for the bushmeat and pet trades, primate species are quickly disappearing. While primates are our closest relatives, they can also be keystone species. This means […]

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JGI Jungle Journals : Notes from Gombe, Tanzania III

April 01, 2026 — Dr. Jane Goodall had a single dream: to study wildlife in Africa. When she was 26 years old, she was given an opportunity, by a innovative scientist named Louis Leakey, to achieve this dream in a place called Gombe. Gombe, Tanzania, has since Dr. Goodall’s studies been the home of ongoing behavioral, biological, conservation and […]

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Extent of Giant Peat Swamp Recently Discovered… Wait, What is a Peat Swamp?

April 01, 2026 — In the Congo Basin of Central Africa, researchers have located a previously unknown peatland larger than New York State.  This discovery highlights the importance of peatlands to the health of the global environment. What are Peat Swamps? Peat swamps are areas where the soil is so full with water that dead leaves and other types […]

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One Huge Step for Conservation in the Eastern DRC

April 01, 2026 — Last year marked a number of setbacks for conservation, though there were also a great number of successes! While we should stay ever vigilant in regards to the challenges to conservation, it is always in our best interest to look for the signs of hope – those happy victories which keep us going and believing […]

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USDA Blacks Out Animal Welfare Information

April 01, 2026 — On Friday, February 3rd, the USDA removed all animal welfare reports from its website, without any warning and without a firm statement declaring how long the documents will remain absent. These reports are usually fully accessible to the public, and are used to document the treatment of animals in captive facilities like labs, zoos and […]

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Don’t Worry, Be Happy: What If the Well-Being of Nation Was About More Than GDP?

April 01, 2026 — A hot topic of the last several decades has been on economic development – the concept of specifically designating what is required to improve the well-being of a nation, especially in emerging economies. What has rarely been measured, or prioritized, is what the goal of an emerging nation, or any nation for that matter, should […]

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Answer the Call : Mobile Recycling Day

April 01, 2026 — Have you ever wondered what your phone was made of or how those materials were collected? Well, turns out there’s a lot more to that story than you may have thought. On January 24, 2017, the Jane Goodall Institute will hold a Call to Action, dedicated to the international recycling of mobile phones. Why set […]

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The Ivory Game and China’s New Year’s Commitment to End Ivory Trade

April 01, 2026 — I just received the wonderful news that China will shut down its legal commercial ivory trade, completely, by the end of 2017. It is fantastic news for the elephants and for those fighting to save them since China is the biggest market for ivory. This news comes two days after I shared information about the […]

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Fantastic Beasts of the Real World & Where to Find Them!

April 01, 2026 — Fiction is often a portal into the fantastical. It allows us to imagine places and people not of this earth, a way to think beyond the scope of what is possible. J.K. Rowling has for the last 20 years been a beacon of possibility, ushering in an age of witches and wizards. These individuals are […]

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