2011

Jane’s Journey

Despite not being nominated , although shortlisted, for an Oscar Acadamy Award, JANE'S JOURNEY did win the International Green Film Award aka the “Green Oscar” in 2011. A truly inspiring film about Jane’s life and work from the early days, when she arrived at Gombe in 1960 aged just 26 to date.

Ngamba Island - December 2011 

International Award for Animal Sanctuary Excellence presented to Stany Nyandwi, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary.

The Carole Noon Award for Sanctuary Excellence was awarded to Stany Nyandwi and Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, of the Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust (CSWCT) on the 9th December 2011. The award was established by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS), to memorialize Carole Noon, PhD, a courageous and innovative sanctuary pioneer and champion of chimpanzees. The award was presented on Ngamba Island by GFAS Executive Director, Patty Finch. Ngamba Island Sanctuary is a charter member of the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA), which coordinates activities between primate rehabilitation centres in Africa.

“Everyone who has received this award has demonstrated great courage, extreme self-sacrifice, and exceptional determination to help animals in need, and Stany Nyandwi is no exception” says Finch.

Jane Goodall, Bill Clinton, Sha Zukang, Chief Surui and Others Talk about Crucial Importance of Environmental Information

The Eye on Earth Summit, held in Abu Dhabi from 12th to 15th December, brings together the world’s foremost thinkers about environmental information to reflect on how we can ensure that decision-makers everywhere take wiser decisions. Dozens of speakers with the caliber of Dr Jane Goodall DBE, President Bill Clinton, UAE President H.E. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan or Conservation International boss Russell Mittermeier are helping delegates formulate concrete recommendations for the next Earth Summit, to held in Rio in June 2012.

Access to environmental knowledge is critical: wise decision-making depends on it. As the COP-17 climate conference in Durban, South Africa, recently showed it is becoming urgent to address the world’s ability to prepare for coming changes to our planet. Environmental information is becoming increasingly precious.

But much of this information is unavailable, even when it already exists. It may be absent, inaccessible or simply hidden. Much of it is held in incompatible standards, ‘protected’ by bureaucratic complexity, restrained by lack of open access, or kept in the dark through ignorance of its existence.

Emerging economies in particular are at risk of losing valuable assets because of decisions taken without full knowledge. Yet making more environmental information available to them and others need be neither expensive nor especially complicated. What are needed, above all, is collaboration, information and understanding of the problems caused by unavailable data.

Water scarcity, food security and climate change are policy issues that require solutions that extend beyond political boundaries.

Jane Goodall Rose Planting – 19th November 2011

Gary Dalkin (JGI UK Base Camp Volunteer)

Peter Thoday, Gardens Advisor to Compton Acres and presenter of BBC2’s The Victorian Kitchen Garden, lead a small group of Jane’s family and friends, staff and volunteers from JGI-UK, JGI-France and JGI-Global to the spot the head gardener had chosen for this very special rose. Here Jane was joined by the Mayor and Mayoress of Poole, Councillor Graham Wilson and Mrs Sally Wilson and the Mayor and Mayoress of Bournemouth, Councillor Chris Rochester and Mrs Val Rochester. The Mayor of Poole gave a short speech about Jane’s many achievements and the Mayor of Bournemouth noted Jane’s lifelong connection with Bournemouth.

Then before the rose was planted Jane asked all the children to kiss its roots – to give it strength, she says. Though the Mayor of Poole had a shiny town ceremonial spade at the ready to do the job properly, Jane is down on her hands and knees, fingers in the dirt, making sure her rose is planted to her satisfaction. The children all lend a hand. It is a happy, warm occasion, Jane’s love of life and nature raising everyone’s spirits and giving us all a sense of optimism for the future.

2012

Keep an eye on the JGI UK website for news of Jane's 2012 appearances in the UK.