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The long-awaited day has arrived! The "In the Footsteps of Jane Goodall" environmental education GRANT is now open, organized by the Jane Goodall Institute. Communities, social groups, NGOs, schools, kindergartens, in short, anyone can apply with a project that aims to make the world a better place.

The #ForeverWild campaign, launched by the Jane Goodall Institutes, raises awareness about the illegal wildlife trade. We are proud to join this initiative. As you know, we are actively working in Malawi, so we were thrilled to hear the news that the President of the Republic of Malawi, Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, issued a statement supporting...

The "Pass It Back, Bro!" used mobile phone collection campaign was launched in 2018, through the collaboration of the Jane Goodall Institute, KÖVET Association, Védegylet Association, and the For Africa Foundation.

Last week, we held a report on our experiences from our March trip to Uganda. The event titled "Changemakers in Africa - Travel Report on Rwanda and Uganda" was organized jointly by AfriKata, the Jane Goodall Institute, and the Close to Africa Foundation.

This study was prepared based on research conducted by the Planetrise Cultural and Environmental Association examining food consumption habits. The research was carried out in three settlements of varying population sizes, geographic scales, and infrastructure within the Kisvárda District—specifically, in the villages of Újdombrád and Pátroha, as...

Greetings! We're reporting again from Uganda... Our association members, Csaba and Péter, along with the Secretary General of the Jane Goodall Institute, András Kádár, and volunteer Katalin Bodó, have set off towards Uganda's national parks after a visit from the Hungarian Ambassador and the Senior Advisor of Hungary Helps.

A generous donation for war refugees straight from Germany. The FSV Meuselwitz Football Club in Meuselwitz organized a collection for refugees coming from Ukraine.

Yesterday, we delivered and handed over food and other donations offered by Tisza ETT, the Várda Heritage Cultural Association, and the Kárpátalja House to the war refugees accommodated in Kocsord village.

February 2 - Wetlands Day: On February 2, 1971, the Ramsar Convention was adopted in the Indian city of Ramsar, in which governments assumed responsibility for the protection of wetlands in order to preserve biological diversity.

Giuseppe Scelsa's exhibition can be viewed until the end of December at the House of Nature in Gyenesdiás. The exhibition was organized by the Planetrise Association and made possible thanks to the Bakonyerdő Zrt.

At the turn of the 19th century, there were approximately 1,000,000 rhinos on Earth. By 1970, that number had dwindled to around 70,000. Today, only about 28,000 rhinos remain in the wild. Of the five rhino species, three are critically endangered. The Southern White Rhino is classified as "near threatened" by the International Union for...

Since 1972, World Environment Day has been celebrated on June 5th. According to a proposal by the UN, the theme for 2020 was "Biological Diversity," a highly timely subject. The recent natural disasters such as forest fires, droughts, and severe flash floods, along with a global pandemic, emphasize the interdependence between humans and other...

Every year, the third Friday of May is celebrated as World Endangered Species Day, which this year fell on May 15. Established in 1964 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Red List is the most well-known, oldest, and most comprehensive global inventory of the conservation status of living species. According to the Red...