Day 2 Highlights From Gombe 60 Symposium at the (IPS) Congress
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 […]
Inspiring Youth Project: Racial Justice Conversations
February is Black History Month, and we believe that every month is a chance to honor, amplify, and support the voices and contributions of Black changemakers of all ages! Racial discrimination is a very real problem in the U.S. and globally, with tragic effects such as institutional racism, environmental injustice, income inequality, and police violence. Knowledge is power, and it […]
Tchimpounga Stories of Hope: Lemba, Perrine, & Kimenga
The Jane Goodall Institute’s Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center provides shelter and care for over 140 chimpanzees whose families fell victim to the illegal wildlife trade. Divided among eight age-related areas, and three forested islands, every chimpanzee at Tchimpounga receives individualized attention from a group of over 50 staff and caregivers. Every rescued chimpanzee at Tchimpounga […]
Roots & Shoots USA Group ‘Forces of Nature’ at COP26
Dr. Jane Goodall started Roots & Shoots in 1991 after hearing local students in Tanzania express their feelings of powerlessness to address the problems in the world around them. In the 30 years since, Roots & Shoots has grown into the world’s foremost youth empowerment movement, and millions of participants have worked around the globe […]
Dr. Jane Goodall Remembers John Hare
It was a sad day for conservation and for his many collaborators, friends and especially his family, when John Hare left Planet Earth on February, 2nd, 2022. John was one of my great friends – and I use ‘great’ in its truest sense for he was one of the great adventurers and explorers, always ready […]
Composting for Forest Protection & Sustainable Development
Individual change can lead to meaningful impact within communities, throughout nations, and across the globe. In Western Tanzania, where JGI has supported and advanced a unique form of community-led conservation, known as ‘Tacare,’ for over 30 years, innovations in influencing positive behavior change have had striking results. Our ongoing efforts through the Landscape Conservation in […]
YOUth Made 2021 Brighter for People, Other Animals, & the Planet
2021 was another difficult year with the continuing and evolving pandemic, global political turmoil, climate change and more. Despite this, Roots & Shoots changemakers continued to show us the meaning of hope in action. For yet another year, our Roots & Shoots family stood up for their beliefs, and used the creativity and resources at […]
Dr. Goodall Remembers Desmond Tutu
Archbishop Tutu died aged 90 on 26th December. To my great regret I never got the chance to speak to him, though I closely followed his extraordinary career, and listened to his speeches and interviews when I could. He was appointed a priest in 1960 – the year that I first set foot in Capetown, South Africa. My […]
Dr. Jane Goodall Remembers Dr. Thomas Lovejoy
Dr. Thomas Lovejoy died on 25th December – what a tragic Christmas for those close to him – and a sense of loss for all who knew him as a warm and caring human being, the opposite of arrogant, and a true giant in the conservation world. He was a scientist who brought an understanding and love […]
Dr. Jane Goodall Remembers E.O. Wilson
Wilson died aged 92 the day after Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, on the same day as Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Ed is best known for his exhaustive study of ants, and his investigations, in different parts of the world, into the concept of evolution. As a result of these studies, he came up with the theory of Sociobiology. Initially […]
