For The Famed Chimps Of Gombe, Human Encroachment ..

The chimpanzee population in Gombe National Park in Tanzania has declined significantly in recent years.

Among other factors, loss of suitable habitats due to charcoal production and smallholder agriculture has contributed to this drop.

The Jane Goodall Institute, domiciled in Gombe, is now working with the communities living near the park to address these issues.



GOMBE, Tanzania — On the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, 16 kilometers (10 miles) north of the town of Kigoma in Tanzania, lies the green, dense forest of Gombe National Park. Made famous by British primatologist Jane Goodall’s decades-long research on the park’s resident chimpanzees, Gombe…

Source: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/for-the-famed-chimps-of-go..

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