[Vision2020] Noted Primatologist Jane Goodall to Deliver WSU Lane Lecture March 8

[Bill London]

> >Noted Primatologist Jane Goodall to Deliver WSU Lane Lecture March 8
> >
> >PULLMAN, Wash. ­One of the world's best-known animal researchers, famed
> >primatologist Jane Goodall, will be the featured speaker for Washington
> >State University's annual Lane Family Lecture in Environmental Sciences
at
> >7:30 p.m. March 8 in the Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum.
> >
> >Her presentation, "Reason for Hope," will address a variety of
> >environmental crises and her reasons for hope that humans will solve the
> >problems they have imposed on the earth. Following her remarks, she will
> >sign copies of her books in the coliseum concourse.
> >
> >Goodall is widely considered the world's foremost authority on
> >chimpanzees, having closely observed their behavior for the past quarter
> >century in the jungles of the Gombe Game Reserve in Africa, living among
> >the chimps in their own environment and gaining their confidence.
> >
> >Under the mentorship of anthropologist and paleontologist Louis Leakey,
> >she began her landmark study of chimpanzees in Tanzania in June 1960.
> >Goddall established the Gombe Stream Research Center in 1965. Under the
> >stewardship of Tanzanian field staff and other researchers, it continues
> >her work today, making it one of the longest uninterrupted wildlife
> >studies in existence.
> >
> >In 1977, Goodall established the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), which
> >supports the Gombe work and other research, education, conservation and
> >development programs. These include community-centered conservation
> >efforts in Africa which provide local people with tools to build
> >sustainable livelihoods while promoting regional conservation goals such
> >as reforestation and an end to the illegal commercial bushmeat trade.
> >JGI's Roots & Shoots program, which supports students from preschool
> >through university in projects that benefit people, animals and the
> >environment, now hosts more than 8,000 groups in 96 countries.
> >
> >She has received numerous honors, including the UNESCO Gold Medal and the
> >Gandhi/King Award for Nonviolence. In April 2002, U.N. Secretary-General
> >Kofi Annan appointed her to serve as a United Nations "Messenger of
> >Peace." In 2004, Prince Charles invested Goodall as a Dame of the British
> >Empire, which is the equivalent of knighthood.
> >
> >In addition to authoring scientific articles that have appeared in many
> >issues of National Geographic and scores of internationally known
> >scientific journals, she has written two books, "Wild Chimpanzees" and
"In
> >the Shadow of Man."
> >
> >The Lane lecture is endowed by a gift from the former publisher of
> >"Sunset" magazine and numerous books and films, L.W. "Bill" Lane and his
> >wife, Jean.
> >
> >Admission to the Lane lecture is free. For more information, contact the
> >Office of University Events at 877-978-3868 or by e-mail at
wsuevent at wsu.edu.
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