SDG Series Goal 5: Gender Equality
Given that JGI’s founder, Dr. Jane Goodall, is a pioneering woman in her field and an inspirational role model to girls all around the world, it’s a no-brainer to include the promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women in our mission and programming. Our efforts fall perfectly in line with Goal 5 of the […]
SDG Series Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Water is the most vital substance on our planet. It flows from rivers to oceans, irrigating farmland along the way, brings oxygen into the gills of fish, nourishes all living things and becomes breathable oxygen in the cells of plants.The water cycle determines the abundance of crops from year to year, the devastation of mudslides […]
Good News for the Critically Endangered Wild Camel
Jane Goodall’s All Good News, Stories of Hope During the few weeks I get to spend at home in England, a slight pause in my endless travels when I hope to catch up with what used to be called paperwork but now, I suppose, should be e-work – I am not usually thrilled to be […]
View from Above: Using Drones to Help Support Conservation in Tchimpounga
This May, the team at the Jane Goodall Institute’s office in the Republic of Congo have been learning about the use of drones in conservation through a new partnership with Conservation Drones. Uses include: land cover mapping, more frequent censuses of wild chimpanzees, or censuses in areas unreachable by foot, surveying for rare tree species […]
The Famous Chimps of Gombe
Over the course of her life, Dr. Jane Goodall has observed and recorded the habits of many of the wild chimpanzees living in Gombe National Park. When Jane first arrived in 1960, little was known about the complexities of primate behavior. Though Jane made many remarkable discoveries during her first few years in the field, […]
Update: Tchimpounga’s Island Sanctuary Sites
[columns] [/columns]More chimpanzees will join Kudia, Wounda and Vitika on the islands once construction finishes. Photo credit: JGI/Fernando Turmo The Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) has been working to ready three islands in the Kouilou River for the tranfer of 100 chimpanzees currently living at Tchimpounga. On these islands, chimpanzees live in a much more natural, […]
Community Collaboration: 3 Things We Can Do to Help The Refugees in Crisis
Roots & Shoots Intern, Dominique Raboin, considers taking action to help the refugee crisis. Although the mainstream media has turned their attention away from the displaced refugees in Europe, thousands of men, women and childrencontinue to leave their homes on a dangerous journey in hope of seeking asylum in a safer place. The year 2014 […]
Too Many Tests: How To Make the Most of The White House’s Testing Reform
Roots & Shoots Intern, Dominique R., discusses service learning as an alternative to testing Too Many Tests If you are, or have recently been, a student in the United States of America, your education most likely revolves around endless waves of test-prep and test-taking. A recent study released by the Council of the Great City […]
Lilian Pintea Webinar on 55 Years of Science at Gombe
In this webinar, the Jane Goodall Institute’s Vice President of Conservation Science, Dr. Lilian Pintea, discusses his decade of experience at Gombe Stream National Park and in Tanzania. Dr. Pintea, who specializes in using mapping tools and satellite imagery to track changes in chimpanzee habitat, speaks with JGI’s Shawn Sweeney in this Q&A on Dr. […]
Jane’s Peace Message for Refugees
21st September, 2015. The UN International Day of Peace dawns on a world where, for so many, the very concept of living in peace must seem unreal, like a distant dream. We must all, on this day of all days, think of and pray for those who are living in countries torn apart by war […]
