The Jane Goodall Institute

📢 We're thrilled to be joining Planet's new program, Project Centinela! 🛰️ This program will provide access to insightful data from Planet's Earth imaging satellites to the world’s leading biodiversity scientists and conservation advocates, including our teams in the US, Tanzania, and Uganda. According to JGI's VP of Conservation Science Lilian Pintea, quoted in Planet's press release: “Through this partnership, JGI will support implementation of the Uganda National Chimpanzee Conservation Strategy and Tanzania Chimpanzee Conservation Action Plan. [These data and products will enable] our local communities and government partners to better monitor and manage their land use plans and protected areas...” 📊 Shared data will not only include high-resolution, high-frequency satellite imagery, but also analytics and Planet's Planetary Variables, which measure the changing conditions of the Earth's surface, including soil water content, crop growth, temperature, forest carbon, and farm boundaries. 🐵 This is the next step in our ongoing collaboration with Planet to unlock the power of satellite data for the benefit of people, chimpanzees, other wildlife, and their shared environment. 🌿 Read the full press release >> https://lnkd.in/epC6wpFd 📸 credit: JGI/ Lilian Pintea

🌱 Exciting news from San Francisco! 🌱 The Jane Goodall Institute, in collaboration with @Salesforce, is thrilled to announce the launch of a dedicated @RootsAndShoots Basecamp in San Francisco! 🎉 This new basecamp will empower young changemakers to take action, identify local challenges, and create meaningful service projects right in their community. Announced by Dr. Jane Goodall during Dreamforce, where she joined Sadhguru, Matthew McConaughey, and Suzanne DiBianca to discuss “Leading with Purpose, Building for Legacy,” this marks the 6th Roots & Shoots Basecamp nationwide, joining thriving hubs in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, and Tampa Bay. Together, we’re growing a movement of passionate young people committed to making a difference! Big thanks to Salesforce for helping us foster the next generation of environmental leaders. 🌍✨ Let’s get ready to support and celebrate the Bay Area’s future changemakers! 📸 JGI/Susana Name and 📹 JGI/Mary Ford . . . #RootsAndShoots #HopeInAction #Dreamforce2024 #SanFrancisco #California #JaneGoodall #JaneGoodallInstitute #YouthEmpowerment #Dreamforce #Salesforce #YoungActivists

Vote for Nature!

Sanctuaries are the next best thing to living in the wild for chimpanzees

🪸🌳 Have you ever seen — or heard of — a coral rag forest? 🏝️You can find this rare ecosystem in Zanzibar, a collection of islands in Tanzania. Coral rag is composed of ancient coral reefs that grow on limestone, creating a unique blend of minerals to which native species have adapted. However, Zanzibar’s coral rag forest is significantly threatened by deforestation. 🌿 In an effort to protect this sensitive forest habitat, the Tanzania Forest Service Agency in Zanzibar invited a group of experts, including JGI, to help. JGI Tanzania, JGI Roots & Shoots members, and JGI USA conservation science teams came together with local community members, including representatives from the Tanzania Forest Department and State University of Zanzibar, to apply JGI’s Tacare approach conservation. This effort supports research, monitoring, and community engagement in Jambiani Forest on the southern island of Unguja — a community-led model we've already applied with great success in western Tanzania. 🐒 Comprising nearly 10% of Unguja island, Jambiani Forest contains a wealth of biodiversity, including rare Zanzibar red colobus monkeys! Since the team started working there in January of 2022, the Roots & Shoots group, Forest Department rangers, and local communities have learned how to collect and analyze forest data using the @ Esri Survey 123 mobile app, camera traps, ecoacoustic devices, and the @ Arbimon platform to learn more about the local wildlife. Our conservation science team and the team at JGI Tanzania are thrilled to be working with local communities, and are committed to helping the forest thrive for generations to come. 🌟🌱 📸 credits Images 1+2: JGI TZ/Mohammed Nassor Image 3: JGI TZ/Steven Lihedule

🎙️ The Jane Goodall Institute is thrilled to share that our very own wildlife cinematographer and scientific advisor, Bill Wallauer, is featured on the Beyond the Lens podcast! 🐵🎥 Bill has spent over 30 years capturing iconic moments with chimpanzees and wildlife in Gombe National Park and beyond. Tune in to hear his insights on conservation, ethical filmmaking, and the incredible projects he’s been part of—including Planet Earth and Disney's Chimpanzee. Don't miss it! 🌿 🎧 Listen here: https://lnkd.in/ecm9VwHc #ConservationInAction #JGI #WildlifePhotography #WildlifeFilmography #Chimpanzees #Gombe #Wildlife #FilmMaker

🌳 Building access to nature with Jambiani Education Center! 🌱 🏝️The Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar contains some of the world's only coral rag forests, home to all sorts of unique wildlife, including the Zanzibar red colobus monkey. Because of deforestation and land use changes, many people living there — especially young people — don't have access to experience a natural forest near them. 📚 Inspired by our community-led conservation success in western Tanzania, the Tanzania Forest Service Agency invited JGI Tanzania to help with community engagement and management of Zanzibar's Jambiani Forest. Now, JGI Tanzania is working closely with local communities to build programs that support environmental education and action. 📸 With the new Jambiani Education Center under construction, community members are already learning about the very special ecosystem they live in. With support from JGI’s conservation science team, they are training on how to use smartphones to monitor forests, as well as how to set up camera traps (as seen here), which photograph wildlife passing through the forests. These common conservation tools also help conservation efforts by giving protected area managers data on Jambiani Forest's biodiversity — citizen science at its finest! 🌿 📸 credits Image 1: JGI TZ/Mohammed Nassor Images 2-4: JGI TZ/Steven Lihedule

Our conservation science team is always looking for ways to invest in our global network of GIS professionals! 🗺️🌍 Earlier this year, the Geographic Information System (GIS) leads from JGI Tanzania, Uganda, and USA got together for a "GIS Fundis" training workshop. Fundi is a Swahili word that translates to a mechanic or someone else who fixes things — an expert in their field. During this workshop, GIS leads trained together on the latest Esri ArcGIS tools to support our research, community-led conservation, and education efforts. They also tested out the automated flying capabilities of the DJI drone seen here by invitation and in partnership with the Tanzania Forest Service Agency to improve monitoring of Jambiani Muyuni Forest — a pilot project kindly funded by Apple. Trainings like this show our GIS leads how to use drone imagery to measure the forest health over critical areas of our conservation work, informing local decision makers' strategies and interventions. This was just the first of many more GIS Fundis sessions to come. With ongoing efforts to standardize tools and data, collaboration through JGI’s science and knowledge platform will be more effective than ever! 🛰️🌿 📸 credits: JGI/Lilian Pintea and JGI/Roots & Shoots volunteer Merlin van Lawick Devin Jacobs Michael Jurua Lilian Pintea Everlyne Lelei Paul Mjema Noris Justine

🤩🌿 Park rangers play a crucial role in conserving wildlife, including chimpanzees! In Tchimpounga Nature Reserve, home to JGI's Tchimpounga Sanctuary in the Republic of the Congo, park rangers employed by the RoC government and trained by JGI regularly monitor the forests. Their responsibilities include: 🌳 Checking for signs of deforestation 🪤 Removing snare traps placed by hunters 🦜 Confiscating illegally-hunted or captured wildlife ⚠️ Uncovering ammunition and other dangerous items 🐵 Surveying wildlife populations Through their bravery and dedication to their work, these park rangers are protecting native wildlife and keeping our team at Tchimpounga Sanctuary safe 🫶🌱 Meet some very special members of our park ranger team — our sniffer dogs! >> https://lnkd.in/eEytj6YU 📸 credits: JGI/Fernando Turmo

Are you passionate about conservation? Looking for a way to put your people skills to use at an impactful organization? Join our development team and help grow our Major Gifts program! >> https://lnkd.in/e5wRvC85