The Miyawaki Forest project engages youth in planning and planting a Miyawaki forest, a complex multilayer forest within a rich organic soil. Indigenous knowledge is combined with innovative forest ...

Chimpanzees are omnivores, meaning they eat both plants and animals. In fact, Dr. Jane Goodall was the first person to observe chimpanzees eating other animals when she saw them using sticks to ...

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 ...

In the place where I am now, I look back over my life. I look back at the world I’ve left behind. What message do I want to leave? I want to make sure that you all understand that each and every one ...

Biodiversity is the “tapestry of life”. And we’re pulling too many threads. Biodiversity is the engine of our planet. It’s often defined as the “variety of all living things.” Our founder Dr. Jane ...

In Northeastern Manitoba, the Nayhenaway Ininewuk are uniting to protect Kitaskeenan (our land). The vision has been guided by community members from the five Nations who have been part of ...

For World Oceans Day 2022, Jane shares her wonderful knowledge about oceans with us, and inspires us to look around for the good news stories and wonder – of which there is plenty. Thank you, Dr.

Despite the hardships that our world continues to face, Dr. Jane Goodall has a tremendous amount of hope. Why? It is because of what she has seen accomplished when people act on the issues they truly ...

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 ...

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The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada acknowledges that our office operates on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee nations, Huron-Wendat, Mississaugas of the Credit, and other Indigenous ...

A BioBlitz is an activity where participants come together and come together to identify and classify as many species as possible in a specific location and set period of time. BioBlitzes have a place ...