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Jane Goodall's Reforestation Program Saved from Trump Cuts by Ecosia

Jane Goodall's Reforestation Program Saved from Trump Cuts by Ecosia

Jane Goodall's Tanzania reforestation program was hit with the massive cuts to USAID, but a search engine stepped in to save it and you can help.

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These are bleak times, and it’s easy to feel helpless. That’s why this story is so important.

At the age of 26, Jane Goodall left England to travel to what is now Tanzania, where her work, which began in 1960, revolutionized our understanding of chimpanzee behavior and redefined the relationship between humans and animals. Jane Goodall is now a renowned British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace.

One of the most significant projects of the Jane Goodall Institute involves restoring degraded ecosystems in Tanzania’s Gombe Masito Ugalla biosphere reserve. This project was hit with Trump’s massive cuts to USAID, but a search engine stepped in to save it, and you can help.

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When Trump abruptly cut USAID, “Hundreds of thousands of seedlings in 20 nurseries were suddenly at risk of dying, impacting reforestation efforts that are critical for the survival of chimpanzees and the well-being of local commu…

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