The world -famous primatologist Jane Goodol According to her institute, she died at the age of 91.
Institute Jane Goodol announced that she died of natural reasons in California as part of the US performance.
“The discoveries of Dr. Gudolla as a step made a revolution in science,” the statement said. “She was a tireless defender of the protection and restoration of our world of nature.”
Guddolla was born in London in 1934, began to explore free chimpanzees in Tanzania in 1960. In 1977, she founded the Jane Gudoll Institute, who works on the protection of species and supports youth projects aimed at the benefit of animals and the environment.
It was considered a leading expert in chimpanzees, its career covered for more than 60 years. Her studies were key in proving similarities in primates and human behavior.
The famous environmental activity was on stage in New York only last week, before two days later she spoke about her work on the podcast Wall Street Journal.
She was supposed to appear at a speech reflecting on her long life and a career in Los -Angeles on October 3, before another event in Washington, the County of Colombia, next week.
The tribute from all over the world from charitable organizations for the protection of nature and animal rights, since the UN praised how she “worked tirelessly for our planet and all its inhabitants, leaving an extraordinary heritage for humanity and nature.”
The compatible director of Greenpeace UK, Will McCallum, said that Budolla was “one of the true giants of the nature of the nature of our time.”
After the development of love for animals from an early age, Gudolla visited a friend in Kenya in the late 1950s and began to work there on an archaeologist who sent her to study the behavior of primates in London.
While in 20 years, Goodll began exploring chimpanzees in the Gombe National Park Stream in Tanzania. Her work, observing their social behavior, helped to challenge the idea that only people can use tools and that chimpanzees were vegetarian.
She continued to create the Jane Gudoll Institute in order to improve understanding and treating primates and protect their natural habitat with the help of local residents. Currently, it has officers in more than 25 countries of the world.
Guddol, who was awarded the title of the UN world messenger in 2002, was a frank supporter of environmental problems and conducted a campaign against the use of animals in medical research and zoos.
In 1991, the institute launched the Roots and Filming project to involve young people in preservation. The project began with a group of students working with Goodall, but continued to create a network of active young people in almost 100 countries.
Earlier this year, the period of hope of the institute through actions was encountered Reducing financing From the US government under Donald Trump after it was promised $ 29.5 million (22 million pounds) for five years.
This initiative was developed to protect the disappearing chimpanzees and their habitat in West Tanzania through forestry and “Methodology under the leadership of the community” to maintain biodiversity and improve local livelihood.
In his 80s, Gudolla showed few signs of slowdown when she continued to write and talk about her work. During the pandemic, she launched a podcast called Hopecast, in which she interviewed other ecologists and activists.
In 2004, she became a lady, and earlier this year received a freedom medal, of the highest civilian honor of America from the outgoing president Joe Biden. In 2022, her heritage was marked in a more unusual way in the form of a doll Jane Gudoll Barbie, as part of a series of producer about inspiring women.
IN 2023 interviews With Guardian, she told about the importance of focusing on having a difference, and not try to solve world problems.
“We have a time window to change the course of this planet, but it quickly closes,” she said. “If the governments are doing what they say, they will do, we still have a chance.”
Looking back at her childhood, she remembered an early appetite for detection, hiding in a chicken coop for several hours to find out where the eggs come from. “When I finally returned, my mother called the police,” she said. “I went missing. Instead of punishing me, she listened carefully to my discoveries. ”
Her mother played an important role in making her fulfill her dreams, including volunteering in her first expedition, because women were not allowed to travel alone.
In 2021, Gudolla published a book of hope in which she admitted that she sometimes felt that she was fighting in a losing battle, but explained how she continued to go.
Speaking with the guardian At that time, she said: “You should feel depressed, but there is something, that says:“ There is still a lot of left, and this is what we must fight for to save. ”
“So, you have additional energy. I have days when I feel that I do not get up, but it does not last long. I think because I'm stubborn.
“I'm not going to give up. I will die, fighting, that's for sure. ”
