About Gombe: Ecosystem
Ecosystem | Gombe Stream Research Center | Chimpanzees
Covering 20 square miles on the north side of Tanzania’s Lake Tanganyika, Gombe National Park offers refuge to a range of African wildlife. The park was made famous by Dr. Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking chimpanzee research, which began in 1960 and continues to this day. Indeed, the interest inspired by Goodall’s work influenced the Tanzania National Park Authority to establish the area as a national park in 1968.
The hilly park habitat ranges from evergreen forests in the valleys to grasslands atop the ridges. This varied landscape is home to a number of primates, including baboons, blue monkeys, red colobus monkeys and red-tailed monkeys, in addition to chimpanzees. Conservation efforts are furthered by the park’s isolation—researchers traveling to Gombe arrive only after hours of flights capped by a two-hour boat ride.
Ecosystem | Gombe Stream Research Center | Chimpanzees
Covering 20 square miles on the north side of Tanzania’s Lake Tanganyika, Gombe National Park offers refuge to a range of African wildlife. The park was made famous by Dr. Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking chimpanzee research, which began in 1960 and continues to this day. Indeed, the interest inspired by Goodall’s work influenced the Tanzania National Park Authority to establish the area as a national park in 1968.
The hilly park habitat ranges from evergreen forests in the valleys to grasslands atop the ridges. This varied landscape is home to a number of primates, including baboons, blue monkeys, red colobus monkeys and red-tailed monkeys, in addition to chimpanzees. Conservation efforts are furthered by the park’s isolation—researchers traveling to Gombe arrive only after hours of flights capped by a two-hour boat ride.
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