Jane Goodall Institute For Wildlife Research Education & Conservation

THIS FIVE YEAR ACTIVITY IS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN LANDSCAPE-SCALE CONSERVATION IN THE WESTERN GEOGRAPHICAL LANDSCAPE OF TANZANIA BY EMPLOYING A COMMUNITY CENTERED APPROACH TO CONSERVATION.

THIS IS A FOUR YEARS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH A TEC OF $5 599 202 AND INITIAL OBLIGATION OF $1 400 000

IRAISE THE CEILING OF THIS AWARD FOR $81,000 AND SIMULTANEUOSLY INCEMETALLY FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $81,000.

TO PROVIDE LAND USE PLANNING, CATTLE SURVEY, AND CHIMPANZEE SURVEY

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP A PRACTICAL AND OPERATIONAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT COULD BE USED BY THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE AND

EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES. DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.

FSML: IMPROVING COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AT GOMBE NATIONAL PARK, TANZANIA

FY2018 GREAT APE CONSERVATION FUND

THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE (JGI) CURRENTLY LEADS AN ONGOING PROJECT (NASA ECOLOGICAL FORECASTING GRANT NNX14AB96G) TO DEVELOP A DYNAMIC DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS) TO MONITOR EXISTING CHIMPANZEE HABITAT AREAS GEOGRAPHICALLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY OVER TIME. THE PROJECT 12-ECOF12-0063 ( MONITORING AND FORECASTING CHIMPANZEE HABITAT HEALTH IN AFRICA TO INFORM CONSERVATION ACTIONS STRATEGIES AND MEASURE SUCCESS ) STARTED ON 12/05/2013 AND HAS AN END DATE OF 06/30/2018. THE PROJECT REACHED ARL 6: POTENTIAL DEMONSTRATED AND WILL REACH ARL 9: SUSTAINED USE BY THE END OF THE PROJECT WITH JGI AS THE MAIN USER ORGANIZATION. THE PROJECT HAS SUCCEEDED IN INTEGRATING 15 YEARS OF EARTH OBSERVATIONS (EO) FROM LANDSAT DATA WITH BOTH A CHIMPANZEE HABITAT SUITABILITY MODEL AND A MODEL FORECASTING FUTURE LAND USE CHANGE ENHANCED BY CROWD-SOURCED FIELD DATA COLLECTED BY LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND RANGERS USING MOBILE DEVICES. WITH SUPPORT FROM A MICROSOFT RESEARCH GRANT THE PROJECT MIGRATED THE MODELS FROM A UMD SERVER TO JGI S AZURE CLOUD ALONG WITH ALL THE SOFTWARE AND DATA REQUIRED TO MODEL CHIMPANZEE HABITATS. DURING THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION WE ALSO IDENTIFIED SEVERAL CHALLENGES TO THE OPERATIONAL USE OF THE DSS. ONE OF THESE CHALLENGES WAS THAT THE DSS ONLY COVERS CHIMPANZEES WE LEARNED THAT CRITICAL STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS IUCN UNEP-GRASP OR ARCUS FOUNDATION HAVE THE NEED TO ASSESS WITH CONSISTENCY THE STATUS OF ALL GREAT APE SPECIES. AS PART OF ITS STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS JGI RECENTLY DECIDED TO ALSO EXPAND ITS MISSION FROM CONSERVING CHIMPANZEES TO PROTECTING ALL GREAT APES IN AFRICA INCLUDING BONOBOS AND EASTERN AND WESTERN GORILLAS. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKING WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET THESE IDENTIFIED NEEDS AND EXPAND THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF THE DSS TO DEVELOP SUITABILITY MODELS AND HABITAT HEALTH INDICATORS FOR EACH GREAT APE SPECIES IN AFRICA. ANOTHER CHALLENGE IS THAT THE DSS IS A DYNAMIC SYSTEM THAT WILL REQUIRE CONTINUOUS UPDATES; THESE INCREASING AMOUNT OF EO DATA AND RESULTS WILL NEED TO BE EFFECTIVELY MANAGED ANALYZED AND LEVERAGED. JGI WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH ESRI TO USE ITS POWERFUL ARCGIS PLATFORM INCLUDING IMAGER SERVER GEOPLANNER AND STORY MAPS TO MANAGE SERVE PROCESS ANALYZE AND DYNAMICALLY VISUALIZE THESE LARGE COLLECTIONS OF IMAGERY RASTER DATASETS AND REMOTELY SENSED DATA. THROUGH IMAGE SERVER JGI WILL PUBLISH AND MAKE LARGE COLLECTIONS OF MULTI-FORMAT DSS IMAGERY AND RESULTS AVAILABLE TO USERS TO INCORPORATE INTO THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AROUND CONSERVATION PLANNING. SPECIFICALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN AUGMENTATION GRANT TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES: 1. SCALE UP THE DYNAMIC DSS DEVELOPED INITIALLY FOR CHIMPANZEES TO MONITOR AND FORECAST IN NEAR-REAL TIME ALL GREAT APE HABITATS IN AFRICA. THIS WILL INCLUDE IN ADDITION TO CHIMPANZEES BONOBOS AND THE EASTERN AND WESTERN GORILLAS; 2. LEVERAGE ESRI S ARCGIS ENTERPRISE PLATFORM DATA AND VISUALIZATION SERVICES TO SUPPORT DECISION-MAKING IN THE OPEN STANDARDS FOR THE PRACTICE OF CONSERVATION FRAMEWORK.

SOCIOECOLOGY OF TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOR IN WILD CHIMPANZEES

THE ROSES FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS ARE: EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.

RAPID: TIME CRITICAL SURVEY OF GREAT APE POPULATION SIZE, HEALTH AND GENETICS IN THREATENED HABITATS

CONSERVATION EDUCATION ON GREAT APES IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR OF THE GRAUER LANDSCAPE

CONSERVATION EDUCATION ON THE GREAT APES IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR OF THE GRAUER LANDSCAPE