Meet An “Amazing” Whose Commitment To Wild Animals is Unrivaled

Jane Goodall, at 87, continues to devote herself to the wild chimpanzees she first researched and came to cherish in the 1960s in Tanzania, Africa. Her advocacy takes her all over the planet, traveling some 300 days out of every year. Jane is dedicated to chimps worldwide, serving, for example, as a board member for the world's largest chimpanzee sanctuary outside of Africa, called “Save the Chimps” in Florida.

In addition to chimps, Jane’s commitment to the environment was exemplified in 2020 by her pledge on behalf of her organization, to plant five million trees, as part of the one trillion tree initiative undertaken by the World Economic Forum. Jane’s global youth program, “Roots and Shoots” is part of the Jane Goodall Institute, itself a leader in African community-centered conservation and development programs. “Roots and Shoots,” which began in 1991 with a group of 17 local teens, now boasts over 10,000 groups in over 100 countries. How very inspiring.

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