Deforestation
Staff Spotlight: Emmanuel Mtiti - Program Director, the Jane Goodall Institute-Tanzania
Tanzanian Emmanuel Mtiti is director of the Jane Goodall Institute’s (JGI) Landscape-Scale Community-Centered Conservation Program in the Gombe-Masito-Ugalla area of western Tanzania. An experienced and knowledgeable program manager, Mtiti has successfully directed and managed a wide range of projects focused on natural resource management, conservation and health.
We've Moved!
Over the last several weeks, the Jane Goodall Institute-USA headquarters has been in the process of moving to a brand new office.
Here's our new address:
1595 Spring Hill Road, Suite 550
Vienna, VA 22182
We're still in the process of getting ourselves unpacked. If you have questions or need to reach someone, please call our main line at 703.682.9220.
ECOTOOLS® Gives Consumers Chance to Select Charitable Contribution
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Web Chats: "See CHIMPANZEE, Save Chimpanzees"
See CHIMPANZEE opening week (April 20-26, 2012) and Disneynature will make a donation to the Jane Goodall Institute to protect chimpanzees today and tomorrow. Learn more about the “See CHIMPANZEE, Save Chimpanzees” conservation program.
Upcoming Web Chats Featuring Experts from the Jane Goodall Institute!
JGI Celebrates 35th Anniversary!
On Saturday, February 25, 2012, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) turned 35!
Great Wildlife in Our Own Backyards
Interested in meeting JGI's Bill Wallauer and learning more about rare birds? Travel with the Jane Goodall Institute, Bill Wallauer and acclaimed natural history writer Scott Weidensaull to witness the largest concentration of sandhilll cranes! This extraordinary adventure in Kearney, Nebraska, takes place
Dr. Goodall Speaks at Climate Change Conference
On December 7, 2011, Dr. Jane Goodall spoke at a high-level event at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 17) held in Durban, South Africa.
Tanzania Conservation Action Plan
Threats to chimpanzees in Tanzania include unsustainable agriculture, fuel wood extraction, logging, expansion of human settlements, disease and a growing problem of hunting for bushmeat and witchcraft.
Key Activities:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Great Ape Conservation Fund will help JGI and partners develop strategies designed to abate the most critical threats to chimpanzees and their habitats. These will include strategies to:
