Burundi is a key component of the Jane Goodall Institute’s  broader eastern Chimpanzee conservation strategy. The fragmented habitats in southern Burundi are critical to the future of Chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, which is now isolated due to deforestation. Reconnecting them with Burundi’s southern populations in Vyanda Forest Nature Reserve via a 75km ecological corridor is the only feasible means to ensure genetic diversity is maintained. 

JGI Australia has partnered with Nyungwe Management Company to develop and implement a Chimpanzee conservation action plan (CAP) for Nyungwe National Park (Nyungwe) in Rwanda. Nyungwe is a 1019km2 Afromontane forest in southwestern Rwanda, bordered to the south by the contiguous Kibira National Park in Burundi. Within the 1019km2 area is Cyamudongo Forest (Cyamudongo), a 4km2 fragment approximately 10 km west of the continuous forest, which has been isolated for at least 100 years. Together, Nyungwe and Cyamudongo contain approximately 90% of Rwanda's Chimpanzees. Thus, the conservation action plan will form a strategy that ensures the long-term protection of the vast majority of Rwanda's Chimpanzee population.

The Tchimpounga Nature Reserve covers more than 7284 hectares of coastal plain savannah and forest patches in the Kouilou region of the Republic of Congo and is home to the JGI Chimpanzee Sanctuary. 
The sanctuary is currently home to more than 90 Chimpanzees and the sanctuary plays an important role in educating the public and helping neighbouring villages with sustainable income opportunities, such as food production for the sanctuary animals. The sanctuary also works to curb the illegal bushmeat trade through improved enforcement activities and awareness raising initiatives within the local community.