DeepSummary
The podcast episode features a conversation between Jane Goodall and Alice Macharia, Vice President of JGI USA's Africa Programs. They discuss the evolution and success of JGI's innovative 'Tacare' community-led conservation approach, which started around 30 years ago as a way to protect endangered chimpanzees around Gombe by involving and empowering local communities.
They talk about how the Tacare approach addresses conservation threats by collaborating with communities, understanding their needs, and facilitating solutions like land-use planning, forest restoration, sustainable livelihoods, healthcare, and education. This holistic approach has been scaled across the chimpanzee range in countries like Tanzania, DRC, Uganda, and Senegal.
Alice also highlights JGI's efforts in empowering women and girls through scholarships, training, and creating spaces for their voices to be heard. Both Jane and Alice emphasize the interconnectedness of individuals, communities, and ecosystems, and how the Tacare approach enables communities to take control of their environment and lives.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- JGI's 'Tacare' community-led conservation approach has been successful in protecting endangered species like chimpanzees by involving and empowering local communities.
- The Tacare approach addresses conservation threats holistically by facilitating solutions like land-use planning, sustainable livelihoods, healthcare, and education.
- The Tacare approach has been scaled and implemented across the chimpanzee range in multiple countries.
- Empowering women and girls through education, training, and creating spaces for their voices is a key component of JGI's work.
- The interconnectedness of individuals, communities, and ecosystems is central to the Tacare approach.
- The Roots & Shoots program engages and empowers young people to take action for people, animals, and the environment.
- Community-led conservation approaches like Tacare enable communities to take control of their environment and lives.
- Collaborating with communities, understanding their needs, and involving them in solutions is crucial for successful conservation efforts.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “So how can we ensure that when you're addressing that individual, you're looking at them from that perspective?“ by Alice Macharia
- “It's all of these different things woven together, isn't it?“ by Jane Goodall
- “It was amazing. It just had this feeling of, you know, seeing and coming home and experiencing all these different things that I've been reading about.“ by Alice Macharia
- “There was one individual who was basically espousing the Tekare methodology. So he was doing all these different pieces of the work and really having an impact not only on himself, but on all these young people and on the community.“ by Alice Macharia
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The Jane Goodall Hopecast
Dr. Jane Goodall
12/7/21