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World Wildlife Day 2026: A Unified Global Response to Wildlife Trafficking
Read moreIntegrating Biodiversity Protection Across Species, Landscapes, and Communities
World Wildlife Day, celebrated every year on 3 March, is the largest global annual day dedicated to wildlife. The date marks the conclusion of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). In this blog Dr Zara Bending talks about this year’s theme, including how chimpanzees enjoy a special connection to it.
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Our 2025 summary
Read moreWe are really grateful and proud of what we achieved this year :
- More than 12,745 trees planted all over Belgium with 6 tree plantings organised, which supports the reforestation of 275,000 trees in Burundi.
- Our commitment to education and youth empowerment led us to conduct 333 workshops with 6,923 children across Belgium, we have nearly doubled since last year!
- We received more than 2000€ of donations for helping the chimps and supporting our work in Chimp Eden sanctuary and Dindefelo Reserve in Africa. To our actual Chimp Guardians who have supported the centra on a recurrent basis, we express our deepest gratitude for being part of this mission year after year.
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Release of a children's book in Belgium in collaboration with Jane
Read moreWillow the Nature Hero is back with a brand-new adventure, and this time he has some special company!
None other than Jane Goodall, world-renowned biologist, anthropologist, and pioneer in chimpanzee research. The book, created in collaboration with the Jane Goodall Institute Belgium takes children aged 5 and up to the lush jungles of Tanzania. -
Paula's pollinator project
Read moreWe’re excited to announce that Paula, our intern studying biology, has been selected by R&S Global to represent Belgium at the Malaysia retreat in September for her proposal to launch a fantastic project to create pollinator hotspots in Brussels this last month! 🐝
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Roots & Shoots bioblitz activities
Read moreIn recent months, we've been able to organize two bioblitz activities in the magnificent Forêt de Soignes, on the outskirts of Brussels.
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Kayak cleanup in the Brussels canal
Read moreWe spent a sunny morning cleaning up the Brussels canal for the Levi's team building event on May 8.
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Our 2024 summary
Read moreWe are really grateful and proud of what we achieved this year :
- More than 50,635 trees planted all over Belgium thanks to the support of Luminus, Department Environment Flanders and private donations. Since 2005, we have planted or helped to plant more than 170,000 trees in Belgium in 38 Forest in One Day tree planting events.
- Our commitment to education and youth empowerment led us to conduct 219 workshops with 3,805 children across Belgium. We created 5 new board games on diverse environmental thematics to children of primary and secondary schools.
- We received more than 1000€ of donations for helping the chimps and supporting our work in Chimp Eden sanctuary and Dindefelo Reserve in Africa. To our actual Chimp Guardians who have supported the centra on a recurrent basis, we express our deepest gratitude for being part of this mission year after year.
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Go Wild !
Read moreAre you between 9 and 14 years old and ready to get wild with us? Then enter the Sauvage Contest!
And win a Wild Day at the Institute of Natural Sciences, with a member of your family, on Saturday February 22, 2025. You'll be able to watch a fascinating film. You'll discover our new exhibition Sauvage? and of course the Dinosaur Gallery and all the other rooms. A riddle trail and a delicious lunch complete the experience. But that's not all... a surprising challenge awaits you!
If you'd like to find out more about biodiversity and what you can do to protect it, take a look at www.ensemblepourlabiodiversite.be.
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Luminus Forest in One Day 2024
Read moreOn Sunday 24 November, Luminus and Jane Goodall Institute Belgium will plant 3000 trees in Ans, Wallonia.
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Nature wins - the law to restore it gets final approval
Read moreWe celebrate the outcome of the EU member states’ environmental council on 17 June 2024 as it adopted the nature restoration law after a long struggle. This is a huge win for nature, climate action, citizens and future.