Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars |

 This Focus issue highlights Jane Goodall’s experience in chimpanzee conservation in Tanzania and the current PHE efforts of the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) as part of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, supported by the US State Department with matching funds from the European Union. The Lake Tanganyika Catchment Reforestation and Education (TACARE) project began in 1994 in 12 villages in Tanzania. In addition to providing conservation education programs for children and older people, JGI has included family planning and reproductive health services, HIV/AIDS education and microcredit programs. The overview also describes TACARE’s efforts to scale up and replicate its project approach in the Kivu area of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other areas of East Africa.