Jane Goodall Institute Belgium

💼📚 Back to School, back to workshops with Roots & Shoots! Our team is refreshed and ready to dive into a new season of fun, inspirational workshops for children and young people. Some of them are not in the post, we created a lot of new content during the summer (about waste, food or even the climate fresk) 🥳 👀 Looks cool? Bring our #RootsAndShoots team to your school for an interactive workshop on your favourite topic! Here is the link to our website page with all our workshops where you can register: https://lnkd.in/e82GrRtV #RootsAndShoots #Workshops #TeachEmYoung #YouthEmpowerment

🐒Even with decades of dedicated work by Jane Goodall and the Jane Goodall Institute, the fight to protect chimpanzees is far from over. 😳 Chimps are still threatened by extinction 😔 Today, only 150,000 - 200,000 chimpanzees remain in the wild, a heartbreaking decline since the early 1800’s. Hunted for entertainment, zoos, circuses, and medical research, these incredible animals are still struggling for survival. 🌍 But there’s hope! Thanks to a passionate community of people like you, we’re making strides to protect these precious creatures. Every effort counts. 💚 Want to join us in our fight? Visit our website to learn how you can help save chimpanzees. #Chimpanzees #Chimps #SaveTheChimps #EndangeredSpecies #JGI #JaneGoodall

🌳Meet South Africa’s national tree: Podocarpus Latifolius, or Real Yellowwood. This large evergreen tree grows relatively slowly but forms a wood of exceptional quality, traditionally used for furniture and panelling. However, due to over-exploitation, it is now a protected species. 🌿💚 Found in South Africa's lush, afro-temperate forests and mountainous regions, this tree plays an important ecological role. 🐦 Birds are drawn to its edible, sweet, berry-like cones, helping spread its seeds far and wide. Let’s celebrate this majestic South African treasure 🌳🌍 #SouthAfricanTree #TreeOfTheDay #JGI #BioDiversity #ProtectNature

🎁 It's never too soon to start our christmas campaign, right? How about planting trees in Belgium and Africa without leaving your comfy couch? This is how it works: 🎄 You help plant a living Christmas tree in a Belgian forest 🌳 And in return, 10 more trees will be planted in Burundi, Africa! So with one gift, you are helping JGI Belgium to plant and protect trees in Belgium AND bring back chimpanzee forests in Africa.💚 If that isn’t the most generous Christmas gift ever, we don’t know what is ✨ ✨ Feeling extra festive? How about donating 10 trees? You help plant 100 more trees in Africa. Plus, you get a unique tree-planted certificate! Let’s make this Holiday season unforgettable! 🌍💚 Start “shopping” here: https://lnkd.in/eUrkdU9u 🎉 #reforestation #plantatree #christmastree #giftatree #sponsoratree #janegoodall #climatechange #ecofriendly #ecofriendlychristmas #chimpanzees

🌳 Reminder: our first tree planting of the season in the coming soon! On Sunday the 24th of November we are hosting a big tree planting event: Luminus Forest in 1 Day in Ans (near Liège/Luik). The exact adress: Rue de Lantin 4432 Alleur. We are hoping to plant over 3.000 trees, so we need all the help we can get. If you would like to join, please register here: https://lnkd.in/eXrnJrHb We start planting at 10h. Hot beverages and snack will be provided. Our Roots & Shoots team will host activities for the kids. Come and join us, for a fulfilling day out in nature while making a difference. 💚 Organised with the help of @luminusenergie and Sylva Nova. #forestin1day #treeplanting #rootsandshoots #JGIBE #reforestation

🌱 The Jane Goodall Institute is attending the UN Biodiversity Summit (COP16) – which opened on October 21st in Cali, Colombia – as an official observer. We call on all parties to take decisive actions to support healthy ecosystems, protect nature, and ensure a sustainable planet. Please see our statement below.

🤩 What an incredible day at UNESCO in Paris for Jane's conference! We got to meet lots of JGI members from all over Europe and have a lot of fun. We were of course accompanied by our swift lady, Martine Wauters, and Cecile VAN DE WEERDT from Green Office ULiège. 🎓 The day started with a ceremony by Roots & shoots France to award prizes to three young researchers (girl power 💪), followed by Jane's speech for history in front of a packed audience and many celebrities. The conference ended with a Q&A session with Cyril Dion and everyone was delighted. 🏛 The next day, we headed off to the Musée Grévin to see the statue of Jane - so realistic! Thanks again for inviting us Jane Goodall Institute France, what a great opportunity💚

📢 More and more voices are demanding rights for wildlife, but we see very little of this in the field. Current legislation to protect wildlife proves inadequate: the biodiversity crisis is raging in full force. At Fauna Talks, we look for solutions together. 🐾 We seek answers to questions such as: Are rights for wild animals necessary? Who can interpret those rights? Vogelbescherming Vlaanderen invites everyone who, from near or far, is concerned with animal rights, biodiversity and nature conservation. We gather for you the most interesting speakers from our language area on this theme, such as Jane Goodall who did us the honor of recording a video message for us. 👉 Tickets and info at faunatalks.be

🌳 On Sunday, October 20, 2024, our forest will be in the spotlight at the Sonian forest day. Take advantage of this day to discover the Sonian Forest and push open the door to the Brabant forests. Come and meet those who manage and protect the exceptional nature of this interregional territory, so that you too can contribute to its protection. The forest's many partners and managers from the three regions offer activities to help you learn about and protect the forest and its rich biodiversity. 🌱 Get involved for the forest! Would you like to help protect the Sonian Forest? Come and join us at our JGI stand! Further information: www.foret-de-soignes.be

🌳 Ode to a pioneer: Betula pendula, otherwise known as birch or “zilverberk” in Dutch. The Silver Birch is often the first to appear on barren or recently fire-swept land, therefore called a pioneer tree.. Its light seeds are carried far and wide by the wind, helping to rejuvenate ecosystems. 🌱 This time of year, the drooping branches of this mighty tall tree have vibrant yellow autumn leaves 🍂 While you soak in the beauty of this native European tree, also consider its ecological importance. It provides shelter for birds like the willow warbler and nightingale 🐦, and its open canopy allows a rich variety of plants to thrive underneath. Its durable wood is used for firewood, furniture, and even racecourse jumps. Can you spot a Silver Birch today? #SilverBirch #TreeOfTheDay #BelgianTree #TreeLove #Biodiversity #EcoFriendly #JaneGoodallInstitute #PioneerSpecies