Celebrate World Wildlife Day: An Action Plan
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 […]
Delhi, India Has Banned All Plastic. Yes, ALL Plastic.
Every year, roughly 8.8 million metric tons of plastic — the entire amount of plastic we humans produced in 1961 — is swept into the ocean with the devastating future of strangling sea life and polluting plankton. Nearly 60% of that plastic littering the seawater comes from a single country: India. Trailing after China and […]
Who Will Safe-Guard the Great Grizzly?
Over the years I have had the privilege of meeting grizzly bears on several occasions, including up close in Alaska. They are huge, majestic, awe-inspiring and like so many people I was deeply moved. For me they symbolize, along with the Wolf, the Bison and the Bald Eagle, the American wilderness that I read and […]
Black History, Present and Future of Great Minds and Leaders
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 […]
We Must Protect Wild Alaska for Bears, Wolves & Other Wildlife
I was very pleased last year when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service enacted a rule that bars state-sponsored and recreational killing of ecologically important predator species like gray wolves and grizzly bears on national wildlife refuges in Alaska. But now I hear, to my dismay, that this rule (called the Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, […]
Roots & Shoots Project of the Month (POTM): Feral cats find hope when they stray onto the beaten path
It looks like these feral cats wandered into the right place when they chose to take up residence in the scaffolding of PS 223Q in Queens, New York. Students had observed the furry felines roaming around school buildings and became fearful that they might become homeless if the scaffolding were to come down, so they […]
A Hit on the Timber Mafia Makes for Buzzing Business in Uganda
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, […]
The Hope for Primate Conservation
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 […]
Happy Birthday to Us: Taking Conservation into the Future!
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 […]
JGI Jungle Journals : Notes from Gombe, Tanzania III
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 […]
