Dr. Jane Goodall is a renowned primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist best known for her 45-year study of chimpanzee social behavior in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. She founded the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977 to support conservation efforts for chimpanzees and their habitats. Today, Dr. Goodall devotes her time to advocating for chimpanzees and the environment, traveling 300 days per year to spread awareness of important environmental issues.

1. Dr Jane Goodall
 Dame Valerie Jane Goodall, DBE was born
on April 3rd, 1934. She is a primatologist,
ethologist and anthropologist. She is mainly
famous for conducting a forty-five year study
of chimpanzee social and family life, and she
founded The Jane Goodall Institute in Gombe
Stream National Park in Tanzania (a country
in Africa).

3. BIOGRAPHY
 Jane Goodall was born in England. Goodall's father
gave her a life-like chimpanzee toy named Jubilee,
although friends believed it would scare her. Today,
the toy still sits on her dresser in London. After the
divorce of her parents when Jane was only 8, Jane
moved with her mother to Bournemouth, England,
where her grandmother and two maternal aunts lived.
 It was while in Bournemouth that Jane first met up
with distinguished wildlife authority Sir David
Attenborough, who taught Jane the importance of the
higher order primates.

5. Professional Accomplishments
 Jane is best-known for her forty-five year study of
chimpanzee social and family life. In 1977, Goodall
established the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), which
supports the Gombe research and is a global leader in
the effort to protect chimpanzees and their habitats.
With 19 offices around the world, the Institute is
widely recognized for innovative, community-
centered conservation and development programs in
Africa and a global youth program, Roots & Shoots,
which currently has over 8,000 groups in 96
countries. Today, Dr Goodall devotes virtually all of
her time to advocating on behalf of chimpanzees and
the environment, traveling nearly 300 days a year.

7. Founded by renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, JGI is a global
nonprofit that empowers people to make a difference for all living things.
We are creating healthy ecosystems, promoting sustainable livelihoods
and nurturing new generations of committed, active citizens around the
world.
http://www.janegoodall.org/