Jane Goodall

By joana.silva

  • Birth

  • Jane arrives in Gombe

    Jane Goodall and Vanne, her mother, arrive in western Tanzania to study in Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve.

  • Discoveries about the chimpanzee's behavior

    Discoveries:
    -chimpanzees eat meat:
    she made the observation of a group of chimps eating a bushpig. Prior to this discovery, chimpanzees had been assumed to be vegetarian. During her research, Jane also observed the hunting process – a group of chimpanzees attacked, killed, and ate a red colobus monkey that had climbed high into a tree. -chimpanzees make and use tools
    Jane observes some chimpanzees making tools to extract termites from their mounds.

  • Premier of the first film about Jane and her research

    National Geographic films and releases “Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees” which brings the lives of chimps and Jane into the spotlight internationally.

  • Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick

    son's birth

  • Discoveries about chimpanzee's behavior

    conflict between two rival groups of chimpanzees which lead to a 4 year war

  • Discoveries about the chimpanzee's behavior

    Jane observed a mother and daughter Passion and Pom stealing and killing babies in their own community.

  • Institute's work

    Jane creates her namesake organization to continue her chimpanzee research as well as expand efforts on chimpanzee protection, conservation, and environmental education.

  • Work as an artivist

    attends the first ‘Understanding Chimpanzees’ conference in Chicago. Which shifts her focus from observation and research, to a broader holistic animal-human conservation approach.

  • The "Roots and Shoots" program

    a youth service program for young people of all ages. which the mission is to foster respect and compassion for all living things, to promote understanding of all cultures and beliefs, and to inspire each individual to take action to make the world a better place for people, other animals, and the environment.

  • the Jane Goodall Institute’s Tchimpounga sanctuary was founded

    To provide a home and care for chimpanzees orphaned by the illegal commercial bushmeat and pet trades, JGI established the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center which now cares for more than 150 chimpanzees.

  • Jane starts community-conservation work in Western Tanzania

    Known as the Lake Tanganyika Catchment Reforestation and Education (TACARE), this program was designed as a pilot project to address poverty and support sustainable livelihoods in villages around Lake Tanganyika while arresting the rapid degradation of natural resources, especially in the remaining indigenous forest.

  • JGI begins leveraging science in conservation work

    JGI’s conservation science program provides the platform to generate actionable information to improve conservation decision making, inform the management of chimpanzee populations and design human land uses that promote the protection of chimpanzees and their habitats.

  • Jane is named a UN Messenger of Peace

    Then Secretary-General Kofi Annan bestowed upon Dr. Goodall the highest honor of the United Nations for global citizens for her work to create a more peaceful world through Roots & Shoots.

  • JGI establishes first formal conservation action plan

    Focused on the landscape surrounding Gombe Stream National Park, the plan seeks to bring together local communities, public officials and NGOs alike to share the work of protecting the wider ecosystem and reestablishing degraded habitats while also improving the lives of people living nearby.