This scientist and activist is an international figure in the fight for environmental protection. At 90, she has yet to say what she has to say, and although her wax figure will be unveiled on Friday, she has never been more alive.
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In the 1960s, aged just 26, the self-taught, armed only with her passion for animals, decided to go live near chimpanzees in Tanzania to study their natural way of life and discover their ability to use tools for feeding.
An experience that will forever change the way we collectively look at primates, and one that will also profoundly change her. Because that’s how Jane Goodall became a scientist, first in the field, then by getting a degree in ethology, the science of animal behavior, at Cambridge. As he confides in a long interview for the newspaper World.
In the 1980s, as part of medical research, she discovered a decline in chimpanzee populations and their conditions in captivity. This is how this tireless activist for animal and environmental causes gradually became an activist. “I didn’t make a conscious decision to become an activist. I went to these conferences as a scientist and left as an activist.”explains.
He challenges political leaders
In her 90s, a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 2002, Jane Goodall continues to fight for the environment, but also against poverty, convinced “that we can’t save the chimpanzees and the forests if the villagers don’t have a livelihood”.
And while COP 28 has just opened, she will address World a message to world leaders: “Make ambitious commitments and keep them! Because you have not yet honored the ones you have made (…). Thousands of young people of all ages are starting projects all over the world, in all countries, I see enthusiastic people piling up their sleeves. They are ready to do our part, so let’s do ours too!”the scientist gets carried away.