Cultivating Compassion and Youth Action Around the Globe: A Preliminary Report on Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots Program by Laura R. Johnson, Julie S. Johnson-Pynn

“…This paper describes a unique service-learning based environmental and humanitarian program for youth, The Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots and Shoots program (R&S). …”
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Chemistry, taxonomy and ecology of the potentially chimpanzee-dispersed Vepris teva sp.nov. (Rutaceae) endangered in coastal thicket in the Congo Republic by Moses K. Langat, Teva Kami, Martin Cheek

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Sex differences in wild chimpanzee behavior emerge during infancy. by Elizabeth V Lonsdorf, A Catherine Markham, Matthew R Heintz, Karen E Anderson, David J Ciuk, Jane Goodall, Carson M Murray

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Antimicrobial Resistance Creates Threat to Chimpanzee Health and Conservation in the Wild by Michele B. Parsons, Dominic A. Travis, Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf, Iddi Lipende, Deema Elchoufi, Baraka Gilagiza, Anthony Collins, Shadrack Kamenya, Robert V. Tauxe, Thomas R. Gillespie

“…Infectious disease is recognized as the greatest threat to the endangered chimpanzees made famous by the groundbreaking work of Dr. Jane Goodall at Gombe National Park (GNP), Tanzania. …”
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Personality traits, rank attainment, and siring success throughout the lives of male chimpanzees of Gombe National Park by Alexander Weiss, Joseph T. Feldblum, Drew M. Altschul, David Anthony Collins, Shadrack Kamenya, Deus Mjungu, Steffen Foerster, Ian C. Gilby, Michael L. Wilson, Anne E. Pusey

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Complete mitochondrial genome of an olive baboon (Papio anubis) from Gombe National Park, Tanzania by Christian Roos, Idrissa S. Chuma, D. Anthony Collins, Sascha Knauf, Dietmar Zinner

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Trapped in representations : the silenced animal in J. M. Coetzee’s works by Eng, Charlene Gwendolene

“…Today, our knowledge of nonhuman animals have become increasingly profound and illuminated as we learn more about animal cognition and their behaviors in their natural environments. Dr. Jane Goodall launched her groundbreaking research with wild chimpanzees, and this meant that animal interests could no longer be ignored when at odds with our anthropocentric concerns, leading us to scientifically reconsider the ways in which human and animal lives are intertwined.…”
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Zoonotic <i>Abbreviata caucasica</i> in Wild Chimpanzees (<i>Pan troglodytes verus</i>) from Senegal by Younes Laidoudi, Hacène Medkour, Maria Stefania Latrofa, Bernard Davoust, Georges Diatta, Cheikh Sokhna, Amanda Barciela, R. Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar, Didier Raoult, Domenico Otranto, Oleg Mediannikov

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Parasitic Infections in African Humans and Non-Human Primates by Hacène Medkour, Inestin Amona, Younes Laidoudi, Bernard Davoust, Idir Bitam, Anthony Levasseur, Jean Akiana, Georges Diatta, Liliana Pacheco, Slim Gorsane, Cheikh Sokhna, Raquel Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar, Amanda Barciela, Florence Fenollar, Didier Raoult, Oleg Mediannikov

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Molecular Detection and Characterization of Intestinal and Blood Parasites in Wild Chimpanzees (<i>Pan troglodytes verus</i>) in Senegal by Pamela C. Köster, Justinn Renelies-Hamilton, Laia Dotras, Manuel Llana, Celia Vinagre-Izquierdo, Petras Prakas, Donatas Sneideris, Alejandro Dashti, Begoña Bailo, Marta Lanza, Alejandra Jiménez-Mejías, Carlota Muñoz-García, Aly S. Muadica, David González-Barrio, José M. Rubio, Isabel Fuentes, Francisco Ponce-Gordo, Rafael Calero-Bernal, David Carmena

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Student environmentalism in Beijing, China by von Mangoldt, C

“…This study was designed as a qualitative research project based primarily on interviews and complemented by ethnographic methods, content analysis, pictorial evidence and survey results provided by the Jane Goodall Institute China. Research findings and methodology are presented in four papers and a framing document. …”

News for nature: Communicating biodiversity importance and conservation challenges in Guinea‐Bissau, West Africa, through local media and online platforms by Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva, Tania Minhós, Susana Sampaio‐Dias

“…The project had several important outputs, including: i) a bi‐monthly newspaper section focused on “biodiversity conservation in Guinea‐Bissau”, ii) three radio‐theatre episodes performed by a well‐known group and broadcasted nationally, iii) one song composed and sung by famous musicians, with an introduction by Jane Goodall, and iv) a website providing technical resources for journalists covering biodiversity and conservation news. …”
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Using Drones to Determine Chimpanzee Absences at the Edge of Their Distribution in Western Tanzania by Serge A. Wich, Noémie Bonnin, Anja Hutschenreiter, Alex K. Piel, Adrienne Chitayat, Fiona A. Stewart, Lilian Pintea, Jeffrey T. Kerby

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Adenovirus Infections in African Humans and Wild Non-Human Primates: Great Diversity and Cross-Species Transmission by Hacène Medkour, Inestin Amona, Jean Akiana, Bernard Davoust, Idir Bitam, Anthony Levasseur, Mamadou Lamine Tall, Georges Diatta, Cheikh Sokhna, Raquel Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar, Amanda Barciela, Slim Gorsane, Bernard La Scola, Didier Raoult, Florence Fenollar, Oleg Mediannikov

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Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies by Julia Fischer, James P Higham, Susan C Alberts, Louise Barrett, Jacinta C Beehner, Thore J Bergman, Alecia J Carter, Anthony Collins, Sarah Elton, Joël Fagot, Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva, Kurt Hammerschmidt, Peter Henzi, Clifford J Jolly, Sascha Knauf, Gisela H Kopp, Jeffrey Rogers, Christian Roos, Caroline Ross, Robert M Seyfarth, Joan Silk, Noah Snyder-Mackler, Veronika Staedele, Larissa Swedell, Michael L Wilson, Dietmar Zinner

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Advancing conservation planning for western chimpanzees using IUCN SSC A.P.E.S.—the case of a taxon-specific database by Stefanie Heinicke, Roger Mundry, Christophe Boesch, Bala Amarasekaran, Abdulai Barrie, Terry Brncic, David Brugière, Geneviève Campbell, Joana Carvalho, Emmanuel Danquah, Dervla Dowd, Henk Eshuis, Marie-Claire Fleury-Brugière, Joel Gamys, Jessica Ganas, Sylvain Gatti, Laura Ginn, Annemarie Goedmakers, Nicolas Granier, Ilka Herbinger, Annika Hillers, Sorrel Jones, Jessica Junker, Célestin Y Kouakou, Vincent Lapeyre, Vera Leinert, Fiona Maisels, Sergio Marrocoli, Mary Molokwu-Odozi, Paul K N’Goran, Liliana Pacheco, Sébastien Regnaut, Tenekwetche Sop, Els Ton, Joost van Schijndel, Virginie Vergnes, Maria Voigt, Adam Welsh, Erin G Wessling, Elizabeth A Williamson, Hjalmar S Kühl

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