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Dr. Jane Goodall’s Reflections on 20th Anniversary of 9/11

April 01, 2026 — 11th September, 2021. In the UK we would write 11.9.21. With a jolt I have just realized that this can also be written 9.11.21 Today, I am feeling a bit shaken – shaken with memories. I was in New York at the Roger Smith Hotel, on the corner of 47th and Lexington on that fateful […]

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Dr. Jane Goodall’s Message for Earth Day 2021

April 01, 2026 — This Earth Day, Dr. Goodall shares her reflections on the state of the planet and why we must each make Earth Day every day. Watch and share her message below! Thoughts on Earth Day from the Jane Goodall Institute On this Earth Day, we at JGI are thinking a lot about how precious and beautiful […]

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Dr. Jane Goodall & The Hill “Conservation and National Security” Interview

April 01, 2026 — Steve Clemons: My final guest for the afternoon ventured to Gombe, Tanzania at the age of 26, and began her now famous study of chimpanzees in the wild. In addition to being the founder of her non-profit, the Jane Goodall Institute, she’s a U.N. Messenger of Peace, and a dame commander of the British empire. […]

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Dr. Jane Goodall Decries Delisting of Grey Wolves from ESA

April 01, 2026 — Dr. Goodall’s statement: I was shocked and saddened to hear that the US Fish and Wildlife Service has planned to delist gray wolves from North America from the endangered species list. I’m not a biologist who studied wolves, although I have met many who have. I have seen wolves with my own eyes in Yellowstone […]

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On Endangered Species Day and Every Day, We Must Act

April 01, 2026 — The Endangered Species Act is an essential piece of legislation. Passed by Congress in 1973, the ESA protects 1,600 native plants and animals, and up to 2,300 of total species globally (FWS). 99% of the species listed under the Act are on a steady road to recovery from previous threats of extinction. The ESA has […]

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March 24, 2020: Special Message from Dr. Jane Goodall to JGI Family

April 01, 2026 — Our Community of Hope Would be Nothing Without You… Dr. Jane Goodall shares this special, personal message with you, our JGI family – our board, staff, supporters, volunteers and Roots & Shoots members – during this very difficult time. Only a few short weeks ago, we could not imagine that anything like this could happen […]

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Dr. Jane Goodall’s Holiday Message 2019

April 01, 2026 — As Dr. Goodall travels nearly 300 days a year all around the globe spreading her message of hope and the importance of individual action, she rarely has time for pause. This past week she had a moment to do so at her home in Bournemouth, England, where she shared this message with the staff of […]

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Dr. Jane Goodall’s Most Inspiring Quotes of 2019

April 01, 2026 — In 2019, the Philippines experienced the most powerful typhoon on record. Hurricane Dorian was declared the worst natural disaster in the history of the Bahamas. Drought has persisted around the world and fires are still burning in California, across South America and Africa. Increasing political division has led to hateful rhetoric and disillusionment. Despite the hardships that our world faced […]

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Dr. Goodall Remembers Frank Manthay, Devoted Conservationist

April 01, 2026 — I only met Frank twice.  We got together for the first time 4 years ago and right from the start it felt as though I had known him forever. And that was the first time I met a bilby, that beautiful little Australian nocturnal marsupial ( Macrotis lagotis).  Frank had brought some very special ones with him – three young […]

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Dr. Goodall Remembers Reginald Mengi, Longtime Friend & JGI Supporter

April 01, 2026 — I still cannot believe that I shall never again see Dr. Reginald Mengi.  I did not meet him very often, but the power of his personality, his charisma and his kindness was such that I soon felt I had known, admired and loved him for years. No wonder he inspired so many young people in Tanzania.  We met for the […]

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