The Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) is a global conservation organisation founded by Dr Goodall in 1977. By protecting chimpanzees and inspiring action to preserve the natural world, the JGI aims to improve the lives of people, animals and the environment. The Institute is making a difference through community-centred conservation and the innovative use of science and technology.
In addition, the Jane Goodall Institute supports young people who want to take action for a better world for people, other animals and nature through its Roots & Shoots programme.
Jane Goodall © the Jane Goodall Institute / By Chase Pickering
« The artists featured in the curatorial work of The Caring Gallery allow us to see, to sense, to feel with our eyes and with our hearts the importance of acting now for a better world for people, other animals and nature. The Jane Goodall Institute works with heart and efficiency, on the ground, to make these words, this urgency to act for biodiversity, happen now.»
Galitt KENAN, Director of the Jane Goodall Institute France
Dr Jane Goodall discovered that when we put local communities at the heart of conservation, we improve the lives of people, animals and the environment. The JGI therefore implements Dr Goodall's holistic approach through actions in four major areas: Research, Conservation, Development, and Education.
In collaboration with The Caring Gallery, the JGI will fund projects in Africa and France :
- in favour of wild animals, with support for a Jane Goodall Institute sanctuary in the Republic of Congo.
The Tchimpounga sanctuary takes in animals injured or orphaned by poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking. It provides veterinary care, "surrogate mothers" take care of the youngest ones, and when possible, we release the chimpanzees that can do so in semi-liberty on islands that we manage, from where we can monitor them.
An example is the rescue of Motambo, which you can discover via this link: HERE
Rebeca Atencia and guardians release chimpanzee Louise on Tchindzoulou Tchimpounga Island © the Jane Goodall Institute / Fernando Turmo
- in favour of the environment, with an agro-forestry project in Senegal
Fragmentation and loss of habitat as a result of human activities such as deforestation (cutting down trees, creating crop fields, fires) are the main threats to the West African chimpanzees in Senegal. To remedy this, the JGI focuses on four main areas: reforestation, food security, sustainable development and education.
- for the protection of wildlife in France.
France has a rich and varied wildlife, but it faces serious threats. The second edition of the campaign "the awakening of the wild forces", puts the spotlight on the heroes of the shadows, the small associations that need our help so much.
For more information on the first edition: HERE
- The Jane Goodall Institute is a partner of the "Awakening of the Wild Forces" campaign, which aims to protect important biodiversity sites in France.
The Jane Goodall Institute is partnering with key locations in France. They are helping to develop a biodiversity trail in the Marais du Vigueirat, a UNESCO Man & Biosphere reserve in the Camargue.
- with the creation of an exhibition on the importance of protecting animals and their natural habitats to raise awareness and encourage Action France.
The JGI will create a travelling exhibition for schools, adapted for primary and secondary schools. This exhibition will be an educational tool available to Roots & Shoots groups and to schools and other institutions that wish to use it. This exhibition will be co-constructed with one or more Roots & Shoots groups!
- by promoting access to environmental education and action in Africa
with the planting of one million trees in Tanzania by the young people of the Roots & Shoots programme.
© the Jane Goodall Institute / By Shawn Sweeney
- in support of research projects in Tanzania and France
In Tanzania, in Gombe, where Jane's research began 60 years ago. And where the world's longest study of wild chimpanzees is currently taking place.
In France to support young researchers through the JGI France Young Researchers' Prize on the human-nature nexus.
- by supporting campaigns in France
With a campaign on Peace : Peaceday. In these anxious times, it is important that young people can focus on the positive, and commit themselves to a better world.
With a campaign on mobile phone recycling and digital pollution. The campaign "The forest is calling you" to raise awareness among young people about the impact of this everyday object, the importance of recycling and the fight against programmed obsolescence: a real campaign with a positive cycle.
Imagery Roots Shoots - Taronga Zoo PeaceDay © the Jane Goodall Institute / Jo Yeldham
« Thank you to The Caring Gallery for
bringing together these communities, which do not always know each other, artists,
NGOs, collectors, art lovers, companies... So that each of us can offer or afford a work that echoes our commitment to the environment...» Galitt KENAN, Director of the Jane Goodall Institute France