In 1977, Jane founded the Jane Goodall Institute to support the research she began in Gombe, Tanzania and encourage protection of chimpanzees in their habitats. Knowing that local communities are key to protecting chimpanzees, Jane redefined traditional conservation with an approach that recognizes the central role people play in the well-being of animals and habitat. In 1991, she started the Roots & Shoots program to support young people and to foster the next generation of conservation leaders our world so urgently needs.
The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada is part of a global community conservation organization that advances the vision and work of Dr. Jane Goodall. In 1900, an estimated 1 to 2 million chimpanzees lived in the wild. Today, there are less than 350,000. We’re on a mission to save chimpanzees from extinction. Together, we can turn these numbers around.