THROUGHOUT HISTORY
People
GOODALL
DID YOU
KNOW?
Africa loses around
10 million hectares of
forest annually – that’s
twice the global
deforestation rate.
Africa also has the
fastest growing
population in the world.scientist and conservationist
1 million
The number of chimps there were in
the wild at the turn of the 20th
Century – a number that now stands
at around 300,000.Nominated for a
Nobel Prize
(announcements
will be made in
October) and
named one of
Time Magazine’s
100 most
influential people
in the world.2019
TIMELINE 1934
Born in London.1957
Travels to Kenya and meets
Dr Leakey.Travels to Gombe to start her
research. Discovers tool use
and that chimps are omnivores.1960
1961
Enrolls for a PhD at Cambridge
University, one of the few people
who have been admitted without
having studied a degree first.Becomes famous after
appearing on the cover of
National Geographic.1963
Sets up the Jane Goodall
Foundation to protect chimps.Sets up Roots & Shoots for
the next generation of
conservationists.Named a United Nations
Messenger of Peace.1977
1991
2002
2004
Named Dame Commander of
the Most Excellent Order of
the British Empire.