Intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home by Jane Goodall Institute, Conservation International   Oct. 2025   Dr. Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, worked tirelessly throughout her life to raise awareness about threats to wildlife, promote conservation, and inspire a more harmonious, sustainable relationship between people, animals and the natural world. She passed away on October 1st, 2025.   Dr. Jane was known around the world for her study of wild chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania. Her discoveries “revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of the natural world”.   “Dr. Goodall’s life and work not only made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, but also of humankind and the environments we all share,” the Jane Goodall Institute said. “She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people around the world, and paved the way for many others—particularly young people who gave her hope for the future.”   In the latter part of her life she expanded her focus and became a global advocate for human rights, animal welfare, species and environmental protection, and many other crucial issues.   Jane was passionate about empowering young people to become involved in conservation and humanitarian projects and she led many educational initiatives. She was always guided by her staunch belief in the fundamental need to respect all forms of life on Earth.   In 1991, Jane founded Roots & Shoots, her global humanitarian and environmental program for young people of all ages. The initiative began with just 12 high school students in Dar es Salaam. Today, Roots & Shoots is active in over 75 countries.   Roots & Shoots members are empowered to become involved in hands-on programs to affect positive change for animals, the environment, and their local communities.   Jane Goodall was interviewed last week during the New York City Climate Week, and her message was clear and consistent.   “It seems these days everybody is so involved with technology that we forget that we’re not only part of the natural world, we’re an animal like all the others,” Goodall said. “We depend on nature for clean air, water, food, clothing — everything. And yet we’re destroying the planet”.   Jane Goodall said the problem is the pernicious idea that economic development should come before the environment. In reality, we’re on a planet with finite resources, and if we exhaust them, it could spell our own end. “Humans are not exempt from extinction”, she said.   While we’re the most “intellectual animals” to ever walk the planet, “we’re not intelligent,” said Goodall, who’s an expert in animal behavior. “Because intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”   Ultimately, she said, it’s that intellect that gives us the best shot at saving ourselves and the planet. By living in greater harmony with the natural world, by embracing renewable energy and plant-based foods. We know what’s killing the planet: burning fossil fuels, industrial agriculture, unsustainable consumption.   “If we don’t change the way we do things, the way we develop economically, then it will be too late.”   Throughout her life and remarkable career, Jane urged us all to remember that “every single one of us makes a difference every day – it is up to us as to the kind of difference we make”.   Ruth Freeman, director of Science for Society at Research Ireland, wrote: “Such a loss for humanity. Her work showed us that traits we conveniently ascribe to humans only are widespread in other animals. That they deserve more respect and compassion, and we could use a little more humility.”   “Jane Goodall forever changed how people think about, interact with and care for the natural world,” said Daniela Raik, CEO of Conservation International. “Her passing is a profound loss for our movement and our planet. Her legacy lives on, not just through memories and accolades, but in the sense of belief she inspired in many: that we can reverse climate change, halt biodiversity loss and repair the natural world. She spent much of her life empowering that belief in young people. Now it’s on us to carry it forward.”   http://janegoodall.global/rememberingjane http://rootsandshoots.global/ http://www.conservation.org/blog/conservation-world-mourns-jane-goodall http://www.vox.com/climate/463459/jane-goodall-chimpanzee-final-message http://www.dw.com/en/environment-the-biggest-problem-is-greed-conservationist-jane-goodall-dead-at-91/a-49556942 http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.7004027 http://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/development-cannot-be-achieved-dying-planet-un-committee-issues-new-guidance http://www.ipbes.net/nexus/media-release http://zenodo.org/records/15673657 http://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/ipbes-nexus-report-integrated-solutions-to-address-interconnected-global-crises http://www.carbonbrief.org/ipbes-nexus-report-five-takeaways-for-biodiversity-food-water-health-and-climate/ http://www.iied.org/new-biodiversity-reports-wake-call-for-action   http://www.nonhumanrights.org/blog/death-jane-goodall-2/ http://www.peta.org/news/remembering-jane-goodall/ http://mothrights.org/ http://blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechange/2025/07/18/the-bloom-of-natures-rights-on-the-iacthrs-recognition-of-natures-legal-personality-in-ao-32-25/ http://www.garn.org/inter-american-court-of-human-rights-rights-of-nature/ http://www.earthlawcenter.org/blog-entries/2025/8/in-landmark-opinion-inter-american-court-of-human-rights-recognizes-rights-of-nature-for-the-first-time http://iucn.org/press-release/202507/iucn-welcomes-international-court-justices-historic-climate-change-advisory   http://wwf.panda.org/discover/our_focus/finance/?14763466/Financial-institutions-must-continue-delivering-net-zero http://www.conservation.org/blog/news-spotlight-deforestation-linked-to-dramatic-decline-in-amazon-rainfall http://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/07/25/burned-amazon-forests-stay-hot-and-stressed-for-decades-finds-new-nasa-supported-study/ http://www.zsl.org/news-and-events/news/critical-forests-threatened-timber-traceability-gaps http://forestsandfinance.org/publications/bobc-2024-regulate-finance/ http://royalsociety.org/news-resources/projects/biodiversity/ http://sdg.iisd.org/commentary/guest-articles/icj-advisory-opinion-fossil-fuel-feuds-in-the-hague/ Visit the related web page
	Children are starving to death from dehydration and malnutrition in Sudan every day by IPC, Plan International, UNICEF, agencies   1 Oct. 2025   2025 Right Livelihood Award: Sudan's Grassroots Emergency Response Rooms   Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) are receiving the 2025 Right Livelihood Award for their grassroots network of mutual aid in Sudan that restores dignity to local communities and sustains millions amid the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.   Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) are a Sudanese grassroots, community-led network that has become the backbone of the country’s humanitarian response amid war, displacement and state collapse. Building on local traditions of mutual aid, ERRs operate in all 18 states, providing healthcare, food assistance, education, civilian protection and psychosocial support where many international aid organisations cannot reach. Their work has sustained millions and champions a model of humanitarian aid that offers dignity and decision-making power to local communities.   ERRs organised their first community kitchens and health services to help communities cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. When war broke out in April 2023, Sudan’s already severe humanitarian crisis became the world’s largest, and ERRs expanded to fill critical gaps left by a collapsing economy and state institutions.   ERRs are a nationwide network of over 735 Emergency Response Rooms and nearly 10,000 volunteers. Operating in all 18 Sudanese states, they provide healthcare, food, education, civilian protection and psychosocial support at a time when violence and lack of funding have forced many international organisations to scale down their presence.   By decentralising decision-making and drawing on Sudan’s tradition of nafeer—community mutual aid—ERRs have built a model of humanitarian action that puts communities themselves in charge of identifying needs and directing resources. Professionals like farmers, bankers, engineers and teachers all contribute their skills to create a solidarity economy rooted in dignity and resilience.   Despite bombardments, arbitrary arrests and the loss of over one hundred volunteers, ERRs continue to operate hospitals, run communal kitchens, organise education programmes, evacuate civilians from active war zones and support survivors of conflict-related sexual violence. Their efforts have saved countless lives while nurturing a culture of compassion and solidarity that lays the groundwork for Sudan’s future civil society and democratic renewal.   Right Livelihood’s jury said that ERRs were receiving the Award “for building a model of mutual aid amid war and state collapse that sustains millions of people with dignity.”   Sanosi Adam, ERRs’ External Communications Officer, said:   “Receiving the Right Livelihood Award is not only a recognition of our work, but also a tribute to the courage and sacrifice of ordinary Sudanese people who, in the face of war and neglect, chose solidarity over despair. This award belongs to the countless volunteers and communities who continue to risk everything to keep one another alive. It strengthens our resolve to carry forward our struggle for dignified aid and solidarity of the people of Sudan.”   Ole von Uexkull, Right Livelihood’s Executive Director, said:   “As Sudan endures the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) show how communities can rise to the gravest challenges, delivering aid that is dignified, effective and rooted in solidarity. In honouring ERRs, we celebrate the power of people to confront systemic crises by building just and cooperative alternatives to violence and division.”   http://rightlivelihood.org/the-change-makers/find-a-laureate/emergency-response-rooms/   Sep. 2025   The Rafto Human Rights Prize 2025 is awarded to The Emergency Response Rooms of Sudan (ERRs) for their courageous work to preserve the most fundamental human right - the right to life.   The Emergency Response Rooms of Sudan are grassroot networks that emerged in the wake of the war in Sudan in 2023. They consist of thousands of volunteers who engage in collaborative, community driven efforts to meet urgent humanitarian needs of others, at great personal risk. The ERRs save lives and maintain human dignity in a place of misery and despair.   Saving lives and strengthening communities in one of the worst humanitarian crises of our times.   After the brutal war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out in April 2023, the Sudanese state collapsed. As a consequence, civilians have an enormous need for humanitarian assistance.   In a desperate attempt to save lives, ordinary Sudanese took matters in their own hands and formed self-help groups to offer services supporting basic life, welfare, and human dignity through Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs).   To mitigate excessive loss of life and human suffering, ERRs provide key services such as health, food, water, body retrieval and burial. They also work on monitoring, documenting, and responding to cases of sexual violence.   Sudan is now torn by death, hunger, disease, displacement and general despair. Since the outbreak of the war, more than 150 000 people have died. More than half of the country’s population –30 million people– need humanitarian assistance. 25 million face acute food insecurity. 12 million have fled from their homes.   Women and children have been disproportionally affected, including by an alarming rise in gender-based violence. In this dire situation, ERR members continue to provide life-saving mutual aid, strengthening communities and keeping a hope for a democratic Sudan alive under almost impossible conditions.   The Rafto Prize 2025 honours the Emergency Response Rooms and the thousands of individuals protecting the right to life and health, who are building hope in Sudan, at tremendous risk to their own lives.   The prize is also a recognition of the significance of their grassroot mobilization and collective effort in ensuring basic human rights in times of conflict. The need for protection of human rights and humanitarian assistance is becoming greater by the day. In these trying times, we must all stand in solidarity with the people of Sudan.   http://www.rafto.no/en/the-rafto-prize/emergency-response-rooms-of-sudan-err http://www.refugeesinternational.org/events-and-testimony/hanin-ahmed-speaks-at-the-clinton-global-initiative-annual-meeting/ http://www.refugeesinternational.org/advocacy-letters/safe-passage-protection-for-civilians-under-siege-in-el-fasher/ http://www.mutualaidsudan.org/ http://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/el_fasher_emergency_loc/ http://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/emergency-response-rooms-in-sudan http://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/04/15/eight-stories-about-mutual-aid-mark-two-years-war-sudan   Aug. 2025   Children are starving to death from dehydration and malnutrition in Sudan every day - IPC, Plan International, UNICEF, agencies   In response to the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report on the situation of famine in Sudan, Plan International Sudan’s Country Director, Mohamed Kamal, says: “We are already seeing signs of mass starvation in camps where mothers arrive unable to feed their children and today’s IPC forecast is a grave warning the situation is only going to get worse. Our fears are becoming a reality.   “This is the worst hunger crisis is the world right now – the conflict is entering its third year and the IPC have warned the situation is expected to deteriorate dramatically between July and September, with children most at risk. 24.6 million people in Sudan face high levels of acute food insecurity with 8.1 million facing emergency levels.   “Famine was detected in 5 areas in El Fasher and the Western Nuba Mountains and these areas are particularly difficult to reach to provide humanitarian aid as the security situation is so severe here. With the impending rainy season due, travel will be further hindered which will also drive-up food insecurity levels in the months ahead.   “Children are starving to death from dehydration and malnutrition in Sudan every day. Hundreds of thousands are malnourished. A 10-year-old girl recently told us that for months her only meal has been lentil soup every day and that she dreams of fruit.   “For girls and young women, the impact is especially severe – girls often eat last and least and are at greater risk of early marriage, as families struggle to feed their children.   “The inaccessibility of safe water has led to a widespread outbreak of cholera in many parts of the country with over 32,000 suspected cases recorded this year. Cholera can be deadly for malnourished and dehydrated children.   “Last month we saw an attack on a joint UN humanitarian convoy in North Darfur in which aid workers were killed and life-saving food and nutrition supplies destroyed rather than reach starving families. It is getting increasingly hard to operate in the most at need regions.   “As the conflict continues, farming is disrupted and Sudan faces serious economic instability and high inflation which limits people’s access to food. This has been compounded with overseas aid cuts as community kitchens who relied on this money can no longer operate.   “This is the world’s largest humanitarian emergency the international community must urgently support a peaceful resolution to this conflict, which has been devastating the people of Sudan for over 2 years.”   Dr. Unni Krishnan, Global Humanitarian Director at Plan International said:   “Hundreds of thousands of people are on the brink of famine, while tens of millions more have dangerously little to eat. Without a permanent ceasefire that allows aid to reach all parts of the country and a rapid, large-scale increase in humanitarian funding, countless more children will die from hunger and preventable disease. Now is the time to act to save lives.”   http://plan-international.org/news/2025/07/11/children-starve-famine-risk-persists-sudan/ http://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-website/countries-in-focus-archive/issue-132/en/ http://www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ipcinfo/docs/IPC_Alert_Sudan_July2025.pdf http://www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-analysis/en/?maptype=77108 http://www.wfp.org/news/one-year-after-famine-first-confirmed-sudan-wfp-warns-people-trapped-el-fasher-face-starvation http://www.icrc.org/en/news-release/sudan-attacks-kordofan-states-hundreds-deaths-displacement-collapse-services http://www.mercycorps.org/press-room/releases/famine-tightens-grip-on-sudan-ingos-call-for-immediate-access-for-aid http://www.unicef.org/press-releases/children-sudan-reduced-skin-and-bones-unicef-calls-urgent-action http://www.unicef.org/sudan/press-releases/over-640000-children-under-five-risk-cholera-spreads-sudans-north-darfur-state   http://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/10/sudan-un-human-rights-chief-appalled-continued-killing-civilians-el-fasher http://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/08/sudan-un-expert-concludes-official-visit-port-sudan-expressing-alarm http://www.unicef.org/press-releases/number-severely-malnourished-children-doubles-north-darfur-nutrition-crisis-deepens http://www.savethechildren.net/news/sudan-children-reveal-harrowing-violence-latest-north-darfur-mass-displacement http://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/ipc-alert-famine-affected-areas-sudan http://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/sudan-women-food-insecurity-and-famine-risk-sudan-gender-snapshot-21-july-2025   * IPC Child Acute Malnutrition Classification latest: http://tinyurl.com/4n25jjbz Visit the related web page
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