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INTERNATIONAL YOUTH LEADERS ENERGIZED TO MAKE CHANGE AFTER JANE GOODALL’S GLOBAL YOUTH SUMMIT

5/7/2008 — Arlington, Virginia, April 25, 2008 – One hundred youth from six continents and 28 countries are heading home today after taking part in Jane Goodall’s Global Youth Summit. This first annual event, which took place April 19-25 at Walt Disney World Resort® in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., mobilized the young leaders to address some of the critical issues facing the planet. The attendees are returning to their communities with a renewed commitment to making positive change happen and armed with the knowledge that – together – they can make the world a better place.

JANE GOODALL TESTIFIES ON INTERSTATE TRANSPORT OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES

3/12/2008 — During Tuesday’s release of the International Conservation Budget, an annual publication that highlights America’s role in conserving the world’s natural resources, Dr. Goodall spoke about the need to integrate funding of species conservation and human development projects.

CONGRESS GUARANTEES SANCTUARY FOR RETIRED MEDICAL RESEARCH CHIMPS

1/2/2008 — Arlington, Virginia --- The Jane Goodall Institute hailed Wednesday’s signing into law of the Chimp Haven is Home Act, a bill that will ensure chimpanzees living in sanctuary after years of medical research in government-funded facilities will not be returned to the labs.

JGI WILL EXPAND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS IN WESTERN TANZANIA

11/1/2007 — JGI is scaling up its operations to the threatened Masito-Ugalla Ecosystem, a region containing wild chimpanzee populations south of the Institute’s Greater Gombe Ecosystem Project area.

US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE FUNDS JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE CONSERVATION PROJECT IN CONGO

10/2/2007 — Washington, DC – With support from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Jane Goodall Institute will begin the first phase of a multi-year effort to protect chimpanzee populations and habitat in an ecologically diverse region of Central Africa that includes one of the most endangered ecosystem types on the continent.

JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY AND LAUNCHES FIRST ANNUAL GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS WITH BICOASTAL EVENTS

9/20/2007 — On September 28 and October 10, 2007, Dr. Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist and humanitarian, will honor organizations and individuals sharing her vision and commitment to making a positive difference in the world with the Jane Goodall Institute’s first annual Global Leadership Award.

LEGISLATION WOULD GUARANTEE RETIREMENT FOR CHIMPANZEES AFTER YEARS IN LABORATORIES

8/1/2007 — Jane Goodall Institute hails important development for NIH chimps.

RAY BENNETT POWELL TO LEAD JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE'S ROOTS & SHOOTS PROGRAM IN THE FOUR CORNERS STATES

10/19/2006 — Roots & Shoots and the Jane Goodall Institute are pleased to announce that Ray Bennett Powell has joined the Roots & Shoots team in the Four Corners States.

NEW NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF ROOTS & SHOOTS-USA BETSY MCWHIRT

10/16/2006 — The Jane Goodall Institute is pleased to announce that Betsy McWhirt has joined our Roots & Shoots program as the new National Director.

READ ABOUT JANE GOODALL'S WILD CHIMPANZEES AGAINST A STUNNING BACKDROP: HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGES FROM GOMBE NATIONAL PARK

7/27/2006 — Visit our "chimp soap opera" on the web

JGI WELCOMES NEW CFO, ROBERT MENZI

1/30/2006 — The Jane Goodall Institute is pleased to announce that finance and management executive Robert Menzi has joined the JGI staff as Chief Financial Officer.

JANE GOODALL TO RECEIVE UNESCO’S 60TH ANNIVERSARY MEDAL

1/13/2006 — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will present renowned primatologist and humanitarian Jane Goodall, DBE, its 60th Anniversary Medal on January 17 for her lifelong dedication to the preservation of Africa’s endangered apes.

JANE GOODALL TO BE AWARDED FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR

1/13/2006 — Goodall's worldwide efforts leads to "Officier de l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur"

JANE GOODALL’S CHIMPANZEES ARE IN PERIL

10/1/2005 — Jane Goodall Institute Launches Bold Plan to Save Them

THOUSANDS TO CONVERGE IN L.A. FOR ROOTS & SHOOTS PEACE DAY EVENT

9/12/2005 — Jane Goodall Institute’s R&S program teams with the LAUSD, hosts third annual U.N. Peace Day Celebrations on September 24th in Griffith Park, L.A.

WORLD-RENOWNED PRIMATOLOGIST DR. JANE GOODALL TO BEGIN FALL LECTURE TOUR IN US

9/6/2005 — Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE will make a series of appearances throughout the United States beginning in September, offering the public a chance to hear first-hand about her historic work with chimpanzees, her ongoing work on behalf of the environment and humanitarian causes, and her reasons for hope.

WHOLE FOODS '5 PERCENT DAY' TO HELP ROOTS & SHOOTS® PROGRAM TRAIN HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS

9/1/2005 — Jane Goodall Institute partnership to give teachers and students tools to take action in communities

WILLIAM JOHNSTON NAMED PRESIDENT/CEO OF THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE

2/25/2005 — SILVER SPRING, MD – The Jane Goodall Institute today named William Johnston President and Chief Executive Officer. He succeeds Frederick G. Thompson, who is leaving to become the President and CEO of the American Liver Foundation in New York City. Mr. Thompson will remain a Director of the Institute.

DIAN FOSSEY, JANE GOODALL ORGANIZATIONS LAUNCH HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP IN EASTERN CONGO

2/24/2005 — Forty years after Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall began their pioneering work with great apes in Africa, the two organizations they founded have formed an historic partnership to work together in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

FIFI, GOMBE CHIMPANZEE KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD, IS MISSING AND FEARED DEAD

12/6/2004 — We are very sad to report the disappearance of 46-year-old Fifi – known to many around the world as a central figure in the wild chimpanzee community studied by Dr. Jane Goodall. Fifi’s two-year-old daughter, Furaha, also is missing.

AREA STUDENTS WILL SHARE SERVICE PROJECTS WITH JANE GOODALL

9/20/2004 — Lt. Governor to participate in event drawing 1,000 area youth

DR. JANE GOODALL TO SPEAK AT XAVIER UNIVERSITY DURING CHIMPANZOO CONFERENCE

9/16/2004 — World-renowned primatologist and environmentalist Dr. Jane Goodall will speak at Chicago’s Saint Xavier University on Sept. 25. Dr. Goodall will discuss her life work, her efforts to better the world through individual responsibility, and her reasons for hope. Dr. Goodall’s presentation is open to the public.

KEITH BROWN, SENIOR USAID DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR, TO HEAD JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE’S AFRICAN PROGRAMS GROUP

5/10/2004 — The Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) is pleased to announce that veteran U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employee Keith Edward Brown has joined the Institute as Executive Vice President of Africa Programs.

CALIFORNIA STUDENTS AND WORLD RENOWNED PRIMATOLOGIST DR. JANE GOODALL TO BE HONORED FOR EFFORTS TO SAVE ENDANGERED SPECIES

4/5/2004 — The students, ranging in age from 8 to 13, began a campaign in 2000 to help the recovery effort of the small canine relative of the grey fox when they learned that four of the fox subspecies were threatened with extinction on four of the six Channel Islands on which the fox is found. The group was organized by then 8-year-old Allie Morris, daughter of Channel Islands National Park archaeologist Don Morris and teacher Susan Morris who became the S.O.S. parent leader.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR THE WORLD'S GREAT APES

3/3/2004 — “It’s quite possible that today’s teenagers will raise their children in a world with no wild chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos,” she said while on a lecture tour in Germany. “It’s a tragic prospect, but there is still time to act – though scant little of it. I hope all of us, especially our young people, will do everything they can to save the great apes, who are so like us in so many ways.”

JANE GOODALL TO RECEIVE APPOINTMENT IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE CEREMONY

2/17/2004 — Jane Goodall will be installed as a Dame of the British Empire (DBE) in an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Friday, Feb. 20.

THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE'S ROOTS & SHOOTS PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH UNCHR

1/7/2004 — The Jane Goodall Institute has entered into a partnership with the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to bring our Roots & Shoots global youth program to children in refugee camps and other young people affected by war and conflict.

CONGOLESE YOUTH LEARN HIV/AIDS PREVENTION AND IMPORTANCE OF ECOLOGY IN NOVEL EDUATION PROJECT
PREVENT HIV IN CONGO SCHOOLS PROJECT TEAMS UP WITH JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE TO BRING LIFE SKILLS TO YOUNG GENERATION

9/26/2003 — WASHINGTON, D.C. – The youth of the Republic of the Congo are learning how to protect their own health and that of their nation’s endangered wildlife in a new collaborative effort with the Jane Goodall Institute.

JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE ROOTS & SHOOTS PROGRAM
OPENS NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL OFFICE

8/7/2003 — Roots & Shoots, the Jane Goodall Institute’s international environmental and humanitarian program for youth, has responded to the significant growth of the program in the U.S. with a new Roots & Shoots office in Boston.<

DR. JANE GOODALL RECEIVES ONE OF SPAIN’S HIGHEST HONORS: PRINCE OF ASTURIAS AWARD FOR TECHNICAL & SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT

7/14/2003 — Primatologist and environmentalist Dr. Jane Goodall, has been selected to receive one of Spain’s highest honors—the Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Achievement. Since 1981, the Prince of Asturias Foundation has granted the awards which are presented annually by His Royal Highness, the Prince of Asturias and Crown Prince of Spain Felipe de Borbon y Grecia. The presentation of the award will be at a solemn academic ceremony in October in Oviedo, capital of the Principality of Asturias.

DR. JANE GOODALL RECEIVES ONE OF BRITAIN'S HIGHEST HONORS

6/13/2003 — Dr. Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), became a Dame in Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday honors list, released June 13.

JGI NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTIVIST WEB SITE
IN SEVENTH ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS

4/9/2003 — JGI on the Shortlist for Top International Honor for Web Sites

DR. JANE GOODALL ANNOUNCES LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE AND DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

3/25/2003 — Dr. Jane Goodall today announced a new partnership with Discovery Communications Inc., that will bring to millions of homes worldwide her message of conservation and every individual’s ability to effect change.

NEW UNITED NATIONS DESIGNATION FOR JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE

2/4/2003 — Recognizing JGI’s education, conservation and development work and the Institute’s ability to reach a broad audience with information and messages in line with U.N. objectives, the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) has approved a formal association with the Jane Goodall Institute.

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