The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation, a tax-exempt/non-profit, was founded in California in 1977 by Jane Goodall and Genevieve, Princess di San Faustino. Initially, day-to-day operation of the Institute was handled by board members and other volunteers working out of their homes. In the early 1980s JGI moved to the San Francisco offices of the California Academy of Sciences, where it functioned essentially as a USA/Africa "communication link" and as a repository for files.

The objectives of the Institute are to increase primate habitat conservation, increase the awareness of, support for and training in issues related to our relationship with each other, the environment and other animals, expand non-invasive research programmes on chimpanzees and other primates and to promote activities that ensure the well being of chimpanzees, other primates and animal welfare, particularly by supporting sanctuaries in Africa for orphan chimpanzees illegally taken from the wild.

Discovery Initiatives supports long term chimpanzee research in Kibale, Uganda and an annual membership to JGI is included with all Chimpanzee programmes in Uganda.

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