Resilience in Nature
February 24, 2021
Resilience in Nature Written by Sia Sin Wei Resilience of nature is evident at the Thomson Nature Park. Once the location of a thriving village, nature seemed to have reclaimed this tract...
MONKEY BUSINESS: Heartwarming Reunion Of Baby Macaque With Troop
February 11, 2021
MONKEY BUSINESS: Heartwarming Reunion Of Baby Macaque With Troop Article Written by Ramaa Rangnekar, JGIS Primates Team With just a month to go for Lunar New Year, the spirit of reunion and...
NTU’s Notorious Monkey Problem: How is JGIS involved?
November 17, 2020
Do you always find yourself coming across articles or videos featuring macaques making a cheeky appearance at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) campus and hostel grounds? While oftentimes they do...
Event Recap: 1st JGIS Virtual Storytelling Session
November 17, 2020
Who doesn’t love a good story? To say that the art of storytelling is powerful is an understatement. By telling an engaging and captivating story, it can be the foundation...
Roots & Shoots Event: ‘Plant for Hope Project’ during Dr Jane Goodall’s 2019 Visit
January 5, 2020
It was a wet Wednesday morning when Roots & Shoots the educational arm of JGIS launched its Plant for Hope project. Who better to launch it then our eponymous founder,...
Dr Goodall’s Public Lecture “Living in Harmony with Nature & Wildlife”
December 4, 2019
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]"Living in Harmony with Nature & Wildlife" is a public lecture and dialogue with Dr Jane Goodall DBE, the world-renowned conservationist and UN Messenger for Peace. It was the final...
Extinct Animals 200th Anniversary
November 7, 2019
Singapore has developed rapidly into the global metropolis. However, development have its costs, namely, we are losing our local wildlife in the course of development. In an assessment of local...
Monkey Guarding
September 18, 2019
We are the Monkey Guards team from JGIS! We are a team of volunteers that shares a common passion for working with long tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis), educating people about...
60th Anniversary of Gombe
July 24, 2019
The 2nd World Chimpanzee Day falls on 14th July. As it is also the 60th anniversary of Gombe Stream National Park, it is befitting that we mark the occasion by...
Jane’s Birthday
April 22, 2019
It was a sunny morning when our Roots & Shoots community met for a friendly gathering at the Sungei Buloh Nature Reserve. This outing was not an ordinary one, for...
2019 Jane Goodall Institute Singapore Lecture Series: Cambodia
April 22, 2019
The first of the JGIS lecture series commenced for 2019, thanks to the help of our sponsors! This lecture featured Nick Marx’s work in Cambodia. Nick is the director of...
Launch of Roots & Shoots International Palm Oil Pollution Campaign
March 5, 2019
Last Friday, a group of teachers who lead Roots & Shoots and environmental programs at their schools attended a workshop to discuss the launch of JGIS and Roots & Shoots’...