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Making a Difference: An Evening with Jane Goodall
Dr Jane Goodall
The world’s leading primatologist
Best known for her research into the wild chimpanzees of Tanzania, Dr Jane Goodall has helped shape a future in modern primatology and conservation efforts.
At the age of 26, Jane Goodall travelled into Tanzania with nothing more than a notebook, binoculars, and her fascination with wildlife. Immersing herself in the habitat and lifestyles of humanity’s closest relatives, Jane’s unconventional research methods allowed her to get up close and personal with the chimpanzees.
Thanks to her research efforts, Jane would make a name for herself amongst the research community when she discovered that chimpanzees do in fact make and use tools within their natural environment. Widely considered one of the greatest achievements of twentieth-century scholarship, her research helped transform society’s understanding of chimpanzees.
As the world’s leading primatologist, Dr. Jane Goodall has redefined traditional conservation. As founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, she has continued to support scientific research in Gombe and expand the conservation efforts of chimpanzees in their natural habitats. This became all the more important when deforestation led to declining populations of chimpanzees across Africa in the late 1980s. With close collaboration with the local communities, Jane understood that humanity played a pivotal role in preserving the specifies of chimpanzees.
Jane has also mentored a group of young people to co-found Roots & Shoots in 1991, encouraging youths across a hundred countries to inspire change and lead the way for stronger conservation initiatives.
As a UN Messenger of Peace, Jane also became a Dame of the British Empire in 2004. She continues to advocate for conservation on many renowned TV documentaries, as well as having written a number of best-selling books including an autobiography and several children’s books.
As a speaker, Dr Jane Goodall travels around the world hoping to spread her advocacy work to audiences of all kinds. With inspiring speeches on humanitarian, socio-ecology, and conservation issues in developing countries, Jane has been recognised as one of the best speakers worldwide on environmental issues facing the planet.