Jane Goodall Institute

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The Jane Goodall Institute was founded by Jane Goodall and Genevieve, Princess di San Faustino in 1977. In 1991, JGI launched its most wide-reaching program: Roots & Shoots, a program about making positive change happen—for our communities, for animals and for the environment. The CFO is Rodney Menzies.

As JGI is a global institute, it has offices all over the world, such as Australia, Italy, Hong Kong, etc, while the Gombe Stream Research Center is located at Tanzania.

The Jane Goodall Institute (Hong Kong) is one of the Asian branches dedicated to wildlife research, education and conservation. [1] In 2002, the Jane Goodall Institute Hong Kong was established as one of the local charities with the intention to motivate the Hong Kong public to show compassion and care for the community, animals and environment.

[edit] Mission

The Jane Goodall Institute advances the power of individuals to take informed and compassionate action to improve the environment of all living things.

[edit] Objectives

Increase primate habitat conservation
Increase awareness of, support for and training in issues related to our relationship with each other, the environment and other animals (leading to behavior change)
Expand non-invasive research programs on chimpanzees and other primates
Promote activities that ensure the well-being of chimpanzees, other primates and animal welfare activities in general [2]