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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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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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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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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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This is Your Story : Hope in Action

April 01, 2026 — What inspires us? A few stray notes rolling across piano keys? A dancing shadow against a brick wall? A woman who followed her dreams into the jungle, and ultimately left, in order to save it? The things that inspire us and those that inspire are everywhere. They are sometimes unexpected, and on some rare occasions, […]

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Fighting for the Environment Through Inclusion

April 01, 2026 — The most difficult and important step in confronting a problem is the one of the individual who does something to change the situation for the better, despite the obstacles. In a democracy that has been shaped by a past and present of racism and sexism, which now much more flamboyantly, aggressively, and confidently threatens that […]

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Where Wildlife Are in Danger, There Exists a Thin Green Line

April 01, 2026 — You may have heard of the term “wildlife trafficking,” in the context of graphic imagery of elephants being brutally murdered for their tusks, or piles and piles of the fins of sharks drying on the concrete. Public demand for wildlife and wildlife products has resulted in a boom of illegal trade, that is quickly pushing […]

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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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Our Reason for Hope, Is You.

April 01, 2026 — What is hope? In the recent film “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” a phrase is emphasized several times: “Rebellions are built on hope.” Nearly without exception, every great leader or thinker has had something to say about hope, a seemingly necessary component to achieving extraordinary accomplishments. Many of the top players in our cultural constellation […]

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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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