These factsheets are regularly updated.
Chimp Eden Fact Sheet
Ensuring the Welfare of Captive Chimpanzees
Chimpanzee Eden
Chimp Eden is home to 33 chimpanzees – all rescued from the
illegal bushmeat, entertainment and pet industries. The
sanctuary, which is run by the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) South
Africa, welcomes over 1200 visitors each month
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Our Closest Cousins in the Animal Kingdom
Chimpanzees Pan troglodytes
Sharing more than 98% of our DNA, chimpanzees are closer
to humans than any other nonhuman primate in the wild.
Dr. Goodall’s discoveries of and research on the wild
chimpanzees of Gombe National Park in Tanzania redefined
mankind's understanding of chimpanzee behavior.
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Understanding and Measuring Conservation Success
Chimpscapes
JGI’s mission encompasses protecting chimpanzee
populations and their habitats across the full range of their
ecological and cultural diversity. While, across their 21-
country range, measuring our conservation success can be
a challenge.
Download Fact Sheet Climate Change Fact Sheet
Taking Action for the Planet And All Who Call It Home
Climate Change
The Jane Goodall Institute’s dedication to addressing
climate change stems from the determination, holistic
approach, and compassion of our founder, Dr. Jane
Goodall. Having lived her values in practice through
advocacy and impactful projects for decades.
Download Fact Sheet Gombe Fact Sheet
Advancing Our Understanding of Chimpanzees
Gombe Stream Research Center
60 years ago, on July 14th, 1960, Dr. Jane Goodall first
arrived in Tanzania to study the wild chimpanzees of
Gombe National Park. Jane’s subsequent findings
challenged scientific norms of the time, demonstrating that
chimpanzees have personalities, complex minds, emotions.
Download Fact Sheet Jane Goodall Global Phenomenon
The Woman Who Redefined What it Means to Be
Human Continues Changing the World
GLOBAL PHENOMENON
Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute
and U.N. Messenger of Peace is a leading global advocate for
people, other animals, and the natural world. As a singularly
influential voice, Jane is an iconic innovator for holistic,
compassionate, and sustainable solutions.
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Inspiring Hope Through Collective Action
The Jane Goodall Institute
The Jane Goodall Institute is a global, community-driven
conservation organization founded in 1977 that
advances the vision and work of Dr. Jane Goodall. By
understanding, protecting and improving the welfare of
chimpanzees and other great apes
Download Fact Sheet JGI Italy Sanganigwa Children's Home Fact Sheet
Sanganigwa Children’s Home
Sanganigwa Children’s Home
The Sanganigwa Children’s Home in Kigoma, Tanzania is the main
overseas programme of the Jane Goodall Institute Italy (JGI Italia).
It offers local orphaned or abandoned children a safe place to
grow up, go to school, spend their days in peace, and build their
plans and prospects for the future.
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Conservation Science
Conservation Science
At the Jane Goodall Institute, we use the latest scientific
discoveries and technologies to solve some of the
world’s toughest conservation challenges. This
knowledge and these tools enable us to monitor habitat
health, map distribution of chimpanzees and other great
apes, and observe and analyze human impacts on critical
habitats to inform conservation actions and
management decisions.
Download Fact Sheet JGI Spain, Senegal, & Guinea Fact Sheet
Jane Goodall Institute Spain Leads Programmes
in Both Senegal & Guinea
Senegal & Guinea
Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) Spain is responsible for running JGI’s
research, conservation, education, and sustainable development
programmes in the K dougou region of southeastern Senegal,
and across the border, in northern Guinea. These programmes
focus on the critically endangered western chimpanzee, and the
communities local to it.
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A Global Movement of Empowered Youth
Roots & Shoots
The Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots & Shoots program is a
worldwide, apolitical, and non-violent movement empowering
young people, kindergarten through college, to become involved
in hands-on projects that make a better world. After three
decades, Roots & Shoots has groups in more than 65 countries.
Download Fact Sheet Roots & Shoots USA Fact Sheet
Growing a Movement of Empowered Youth
Around The Globe
Roots & Shoots
The Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots & Shoots program is a
worldwide, apolitical, and non-violent movement empowering
young people, kindergarten through college, to become involved
in hands-on projects that make a better world. After three
decades, Roots & Shoots has groups in more than 65 countries
Download Fact Sheet TACARE Fact Sheet
Protecting Chimpanzees and Their Habitats
Through Community-Led Initiatives
Landscape Conservation in Western Tanzania
Working hand in hand with communities living in or near
great ape habitat, the Jane Goodall Institute was one of
the first and most innovative organizations to put
people at the center of species conservation. JGI’s
unique Tacare approach of community-led conservation
develops solutions by empowering community leaders.
Download Fact Sheet Tchimpounga Fact Sheet
Ensuring the Welfare of Captive Chimpanzees
Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center
Chimpanzees rescued by the Jane Goodall Institute find a new
home at our Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center in
Republic of the Congo. Many orphaned by the international
commercial bushmeat and pet trades, these chimpanzees receive
expert care and rehabilitation by Tchimpounga’s staff and are
adopted into new chimpanzee families.
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Three Factors Threaten Chimpanzee Survival
Across Their Range
Threats to Chimpanzees
Numbering between 1 to 2 million individuals 100 years
ago, today, estimates of chimpanzee populations are across
their now 21-country range are between 150 – 300,000
individuals. Three primary threats – habitat loss and
degradation, direct hunting and killing and disease
transmission – put chimpanzees at risk of extinction.
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Protecting Chimpanzees and Their Habitats
Through Community-Led Initiatives
Landscape Conservation in Western Tanzania
Partnering with the United States Agency for International
Development, Landscape Conservation in Western Tanzania
(LCWT) works to protect endangered chimpanzee populations,
safeguard their habitat through effective land use planning, and
empower local communities by supporting more productive and
sustainable livelihoods.
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