It’s HERE! A new book titled ‘Local Voices, Local Choices: The Tacare Approach to Community-Led Conservation‘ (created in partnership with @esrigram ) chronicles the stories behind Dr. Jane Goodall’s holistic approach to conservation. For nearly 30 years, JGI’s innovative community-led conservation approach known as ‘Tacare’ – developed by pioneering scientist and activist Dr. Jane Goodall – has been developing holistic solutions to the complex problems driving conservation challenges by putting local people and institutions at the center. Purchase JGI’s New Book LINK IN BIO! Chimpanzees, other great apes, and their habitats are endangered – at a population of millions just 100 years ago, their numbers could be less than 300,000 in the wild. Without proactive, holistic solutions, they could disappear within the next century. Tacare focuses on collaboration with local communities, integrating community knowledge, key partnerships, conservation action planning, and cutting-edge science, along with geospatial technologies and spatial planning, to advance better decision-making for all. As the drivers of primary conservation threats like deforestation, disease, and illegal wildlife trade are often social and economic inequities, Tacare programs invest in alternative sustainable livelihood trainings, land-use planning, habitat restoration, water management, health care, education, micro-credit opportunities, and more. Through this approach, JGI is minimizing the threats to individuals and populations of chimpanzees and other great apes, along with their habitats, by empowering people to steward their own lands and natural resources growing peaceful coexistence and improved well-being. . . . . . . . . . . #JaneGoodall #DrJaneGoodall #DrGoodall #Sustainability #SDGS #CommunityLedConservation #Mapping #GIS #SustainableDevelopment #Compassion #ClimateCrisis #Conservation #Equity #CommunityDrivenConservation #Esri