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Black History, Present and Future of Great Minds and Leaders

April 01, 2026 — Black History Month is about honoring individuals and movements driven by the culture, voice, struggles, accomplishments and identity of African Americans in the United States, as well as other multi-racial groups often overlooked in the mainstream, or in their respective fields. As we look forward, celebrating Black futures, it is important to acknowledge the African […]

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A Hit on the Timber Mafia Makes for Buzzing Business in Uganda

April 01, 2026 — In Bushenyi district of Uganda, John William Mukongo was a well-known and experienced timber “mafia” member who dealt in illegal logging or timber theft in Kalinzu Forest Reserve (FR) for over 30 years. This biodiverse forest is located in the Southwestern part of Uganda and is famous for six different primate species that include chimpanzees, […]

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Happy Birthday to Us: Taking Conservation into the Future!

April 01, 2026 — Happy 40th Birthday Jane Goodall Institute! For 40 years we’ve blazed the trail for conservation with Jane’s vision leading the way. Now, we’re taking the movement to tomorrow and beyond. As a young woman, Jane Goodall introduced us to the world of chimpanzees as our closest living relatives, and revealed our connection to all living […]

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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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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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A Lucky Day: World Pangolin Day!

April 01, 2026 — At the recent International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) meeting on biodiversity in Hawaii last September I was asked by one of my good friends, Azzedine Downes, who happens to be President of International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) if I would give a short talk at a gathering they were organizing – about pangolins! Azzedine knows I […]

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Special Figures Ahead of the Curve : A ‘Hidden Figures’ Review

April 01, 2026 — The movie Hidden Figures, released during the 2016 holiday season, beautifully details the real lives of three extraordinary and bold African American women and their contributions to science in 1961:  Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, and Mary Jackson. Despite all they accomplished, their stories have been largely ignored for far too long. These women defied […]

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JGI Jungle Journals: Notes from Gombe, Tanzania Part I

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, and other […]

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Finding Peace in a Time of Uncertainty

April 01, 2026 — by Barbara Sarbin, Something Good in the World My work takes me into quiet places in nature, with children who have experienced things that no child should have to.  Often when I am with a group of refugees from Central America, and I discover that one of the girls is only 11 years old, the […]

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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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