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Photo: Katherine Holland The world-renowned conservationist invites audiences in Toronto and Ottawa to reflect, reconnect, and take action in two rare events this September The Jane Goodall Institute ...
Learn about 10 surprising foods chimpanzees eat in the wild and the importance of chimpanzee conservation with the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada.
Biodiversity is the engine of our planet. It’s often defined as the “variety of all living things.” Our founder Dr. Jane Goodall calls it “the tapestry of life”. There are millions of ecosystems ...
Chimpanzees and humans share a surprising number of similarities. For starters, chimpanzees and people share nearly identical genetic DNA. More recently, another similarity has been discovered: the ...
Great apes face numerous threats from habitat loss, hunting, and disease, resulting in sharp declines in populations. Now climate change is also affecting great ape survival.
For decades stories of animals in captivity have forced us to question how we can do better. Find out how the Jane Goodall Act will help.
Earth Day is one of our favourite days of the year, and this year is no different. On April 22, the world premiere of ‘Jane Goodall: The Hope’ will take viewers through chapters of Dr. Goodall’s ...
With these fact sheets, learn more about our key programs, the impact they have, and how people are coming together to advance Dr. Jane’s mission.
As the world continues to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, JGI has taken extensive measures to ensure the protection of communities and chimpanzees.
The recent IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services provides a stark warning – we humans are threatening all life on Planet Earth with extinction: up to 1 million plant ...
Decision-makers have promised climate action, reconciliation, and justice. We call on them to deliver. Earth Day not only celebrates the life-giving planet that sustains us, but also focuses our ...
At COP15, if you want to protect the world’s biodiversity, then you need to include the world’s youth. We’ve come of age in the middle of a biodiversity and climate crisis that we did not create.