"She immersed herself in the chimps' daily lives and gave them names. Goodall became a tireless advocate for conservation in addition to one of the world's best-known primatologists. In 1977, she founded the Jane Goodall Institute, which works around the world to protect wildlife and the environment, but also improves the lives of people in order to further conservation efforts."
"The biggest problem is greed. People want more and more and more more than they need. Companies want to grow bigger and bigger and bigger and gobble up the competition. And the gap between the haves and the have-nots is getting bigger all the time, causing resentment and anger, rightly so. Speaking of that, a lot of your environmental work focuses on lifting people out of poverty."
"It was back in 1986, when I realized that chimpanzees' numbers in Africa were decreasing and habitat was being destroyed. I decided I should go to a different range of countries and learn more about it, which I managed to do. But at the same time, I was learning about the plight of so many people living in and around chimpanzee habitat: the crippling poverty, the lack of good health and education, the destruction of the environment."
In 1960, Jane Goodall traveled to Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania at age 26 to study chimpanzees. She made groundbreaking discoveries about chimp behavior, including tool use, and immersed herself in their daily lives, assigning individual names. Goodall combined field research with tireless conservation advocacy and founded the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977 to protect wildlife, habitats, and improve human livelihoods. She emphasized the link between poverty and environmental destruction, arguing that greed and widening inequality drive habitat loss. Goodall promoted integrated conservation that addresses health, education, and economic needs of communities living near chimp habitats.
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