Conservation

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

April 01, 2026 — 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 […]

Composting for Forest Protection & Sustainable Development

April 01, 2026 — Individual change can lead to meaningful impact within communities, throughout nations, and across the globe. In Western Tanzania, where JGI has supported and advanced a unique form of community-led conservation, known as ‘Tacare,’ for over 30 years, innovations in influencing positive behavior change have had striking results. Our ongoing efforts through the Landscape Conservation in […]

Research Helps Protect Habitats and Support Communities in Tanzania

April 01, 2026 — In 2020, JGI completed one of its largest socio-economic baseline research studies to support its USAID-funded Landscape Conservation in Western Tanzania (LCWT) program. The study, which focused on the Gombe-Masito-Ugalla (GMU) landscape, investigated ways to protect habitats while supporting human communities. This work is a part of JGI’s Tacare approach. It all began when in the early […]

Microcredit Programs Empower and Improve Women’s Well-being

April 01, 2026 — Kisinza Mzee Ibrahim is a 48-year-old single mother of two and a resident of Kalalangabo village in western Tanzania. She is also a volunteer community health worker (CHW) with LCWT. Like many in Kalalangabo, Ibrahim is a fishmonger at the village market. Fish sellers often struggle during low catch seasons and face financial difficulties due […]

Scholarships Secure Success for the Future

April 01, 2026 — Worldwide, gender-based educational gaps in countries like Tanzania are typically caused by financial or other social barriers, including poverty and lack of reproductive healthcare access. When girls are given access to education, the whole community benefits for years to come and conservation threats are diminished. That’s why JGI has been providing scholarships to girls in […]

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

April 01, 2026 — 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 […]

Compost Training Builds Farmers’ Ability to Improve Soil and Protect Habitats

April 01, 2026 — Deforestation for agriculture is the biggest threat to chimpanzee habitat in the western Tanzanian landscape. Through the USAID-funded Landscape Conservation in Western Tanzania project (LCWT), JGI focuses on finding sustainable alternatives to agricultural forest-clearing for farmers. Riverine forests in the region are a critical habitat for chimpanzees, other biodiversity, and healthy watersheds. Since low soil […]

Community-Led Conservation: New Insights and Impact in Guinea and Burundi

April 01, 2026 — Following in our founder’s footsteps, the Jane Goodall Institute has always acted based on the knowledge that people, non-human animals, and the environment are connected. Our approach to conservation is community-led, which means that we work with local communities to empower sustainable development and conservation decision-making, which improves well-being for people, the environment, and wildlife. Across the chimpanzee range, […]

Planting Seeds of Hope in Uganda: Mr. Mujuni Godfrey

April 01, 2026 — At the 2020 World Economic Forum, Dr. Goodall announced her commitment to the Trillion Tree campaign of UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) of contributing five million trees (by protection, planting, and/or restoration) through JGI and partnerships. From forests to the individual tree, plants are the “root” of our planet’s health and survival. Trees and other plants have […]

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

April 01, 2026 — 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 […]

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

Composting for Forest Protection & Sustainable Development

Research Helps Protect Habitats and Support Communities in Tanzania

Microcredit Programs Empower and Improve Women’s Well-being

Scholarships Secure Success for the Future

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

Compost Training Builds Farmers’ Ability to Improve Soil and Protect Habitats

Community-Led Conservation: New Insights and Impact in Guinea and Burundi

Planting Seeds of Hope in Uganda: Mr. Mujuni Godfrey

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