Author: Jane Goodall

Written by Dr. Jane Goodall, D.B.E., Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace and Azzedine Downes, President and CEO of the International Fund for Animal Welfare. The heartbreaking news of the death of Harambe, a popular western lowland gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo, who was killed to protect a child who had fallen into his enclosure, has gripped the world and left many people questioning whether the right action was taken, and why gorillas and other animals are kept in zoos at all. We received dozens of calls from media outlets asking for comment. We understand…

Jane Goodall’s All Good News: Stories of Hope The Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana smalli) is a subspecies of the Florida woodrat existing only on the island of Key Largo, Florida. It is one of the most endangered rodents on earth, but the good news is that it is making a comeback with the help of dedicated conservationists. The woodrat became endangered due to a combination of habitat loss and predation by feral cats. Development on Key Largo since the 1920’s (and especially since the 1980’s) led to a reduction in the woodrat’s natural habitat, the tropical hardwood hammocks of…

Jane Goodall’s All Good News, Stories of Hope One story has been told many times because it shows how, even as a four-year-old, I already had the makings of a true naturalist. Vanne (my mum) had taken me to stay with my father’s mother, Mrs. Nutt (I called her Danny Nutt because I could not say “granny”), at the family farm. One of my tasks was to collect the hens’ eggs. As the days passed, I became more and more puzzled. Where on a chicken was there an opening big enough for an egg to come out? Apparently no one…

Jane Goodall’s All Good News, Stories of Hope Books were a very important part of my childhood. TV had not been invented so we learned from books and listening to the radio. And from our elders.The first book that really made an impression was The Story of Dr. Doolittle by Hugh Lofting.  An English country doctor who lived in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh who was taught how to speak to animals by his parrot, Polynesia. His amazing household ranging from Jip, the dog and Whitey the white mouse to Dab Dab the duck who took over as housekeeper when the Doctor’s sister left in a huff because he…

Jane Goodall’s All Good News A Jane Goodall’s All Good News post published in honor of today’s World Frog Day.  In 2008, the Year of the Frog, I was appointed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as International Ambassador for the Frog simply, to draw attention to the threats faced by frogs and other amphibians around the globe (from a fatal skin disease caused by a kind of chytrid fungus, habitat destruction and global warming). Of course, a frog was produced to meet me during a press conference at the Wellington Zoo (pictured above). This Australian Green frog (Litoria…

Editor’s note: In honor of International Day of Forests on March 21, Dr. Jane Goodall, having spent so much of her life living in the forests of Gombe Stream National Park, and has in her life experienced so many other forests around our planet shares some of her thoughts on appreciating forests and working together to protect them in this series of blog posts. Throughout the week around International Day of Forests we will release more posts that are a part of this series. Stay tuned. I have always loved the forest, but it was not until I actually lived in…

Today marks a big day in history for me, the Jane Goodall Institute and Roots & Shoots as we celebrate the 25th anniversary since the founding of Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots programme. What started with 12 Tanzanian students in 1991, has grown into a global humanitarian youth programme, canvassing 130+ countries with hundreds of thousands of young people involved. The basic idea of Roots & Shoots from the beginning was that each of us makes a difference every single day. Young people are the key, and through Roots & Shoots they take action on issues in their community, choosing projects…

Today is a big day for lions, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has extended protection to Africa’s lions following the aftermath of recent stories of trophy hunting and the decline of the overall species as a whole. In a statement, Dr. Goodall said “I welcome the news that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be providing extra protection for the African lion by changing their status from “Vulnerable” to “Threatened” (except in some parts of its range, including West Africa, where it is classified as “endangered” as it is in Asia). Across most of Africa, lion populations…

We are excited to announce our new blog featuring stories of hope from Jane and the team! Jane Goodall’s Good for All News shares the stories of the many positive advances being made in the world for protecting wildlife — especially chimpanzees — and how every individual can do their part to make a difference for a better world. The stories and information shared on Good for All News are guided by Dr. Jane Goodall’s Reasons for Hope. With so much global media focused on doom and gloom, our stories, emphasize why we should continue to embrace hope, and inspires…

Early Spring 2015 Got to London a day early to do an interview for the BBC in their very far away studio. Took for ever to get there. And was a somewhat bizarre set up – big empty space, with a little chair for me in a pool of light, and blue background. Nice people and good interview. As it was, had lovely evening with Mouse (Nickname for Mary Lewis, Jane’s assistant in the UK) and heard all the latest news from John Hare about the wild camels. As I was on Etihad, they sent a car for business class…