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Preventing Pandemics with Data from the Forests of Gombe

December 08, 2022 — Did you know that we interact with bacteria and viruses in the most intimate ways without realizing it, every single day? Every second of the day our body is on guard, defending itself against the infectious diseases that try to harm us. Why do some make us sneeze a little while others have the potential […]

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Day 2 Highlights From Gombe 60 Symposium at the (IPS) Congress

March 08, 2022 — International Primatological Society Congress – Quito, 9-15 January, 2022  As proud collaborators of the Jane Goodall Institute’s Gombe Stream Research Center in Tanzania, Uganda’s Kibale Chimpanzee Project intersects with Gombe research methodology as the Project seeks to contribute to our understanding of primate behavioral diversity, human evolutionary ecology, and conservation. For the second day of […]

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Highlights From Gombe 60 Symposium at the International Primatological Society (IPS) Congress

February 07, 2022 — Quito, 9-15 January, 2022  The Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) has an incredible legacy for science with an emphasis on long-term basic and applied research, specifically focusing on conservation action and results. In addition, recognized as the longest-running field research study on chimpanzees in the world, JGI’s Gombe Stream Research Center in Tanzania continues the work […]

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A NEW STRATEGY: JGI SCIENCE AS A CROSS-CUTTING INSTITUTIONAL PILLAR

November 09, 2021 — Over 60 years ago, Jane Goodall advanced science through a unique combination of curiosity, focus on individuals as well as interconnections, observation, and collaboration.  This style of holistic thinking and systems through science — a result of Jane’s compassionate and forward-thinking nature — has defined the Jane Goodall Institute’s programs from the very beginning. In 2020, the work […]

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Research Helps Protect Habitats and Support Communities in Tanzania

October 27, 2021 — 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 […]

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Gombe Today: Understanding Our Closest Living Relatives

October 27, 2021 — Research activities, like other aspects of life, were not spared by the Covid-19 pandemic. In March 2020, Gombe Stream Research Center had to limit research in order to ensure the safety of staff and wildlife alike. Unfortunately, as the Gombe team was also dealing with a separate respiratory disease outbreak from earlier in 2020, some staff remained under […]

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Dr. Lilian Pintea Talks Tech & Tools for Community-Driven Conservation

July 01, 2021 — JGI’s community-driven approach has been at the forefront of understanding the needs of local communities to collaborate and empower ownership of conservation for 30 years. Dr. Lilian Pintea, vp of conservation science has been advancing this work through innovations in technology and science, as well as key partnerships with companies like Esri, providing frameworks and […]

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Zoonotic Disease, One Health, and JGI: Everything is Connected

February 23, 2021 — Zoonotic diseases have now become one of the most talked about issues of our time. Why? Because the current COVID-19 pandemic is most likely a direct result of a zoonotic spillover event – a passage of non-human animal disease to humans. And this is not the first-time humankind has faced this kind of spread, and unfortunately, unless we take proactive and progressive […]

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Study on Chimpanzee Heart Health Demonstrates the Benefits of Sanctuaries

December 21, 2020 — Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, and so like many things related to human health, looking to our closest living relatives can provide some important insights. In fact, a recent study which included our own JGI staff in Republic of the Congo, found that chimpanzees in rehabilitation centers had low body weights and lower levels of fatty acids, which […]

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One Health for the Benefit of All

December 10, 2020 — The Jane Goodall Institute’s approach to science integrates the needs and threats facing people, other animals, and the environment, as these three must operate in harmony for the ensured sustainability of each. JGI has long been a proponent of integrated, holistic approaches, taking a One Health strategy from the start. One Health, now a well […]

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