CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE
According to the Jane Goodall Institute Singapore, she travelled more than 300 days a year, speaking to audiences around the world about threats to chimpanzees and their habitat, as well as other environmental crises.
Her engagements ranged from speaking to students and television interviews to discussing conservation issues with government officials and meeting with donors to raise money for the institute.
She was in Singapore in December last year, when she spoke on marine conservation at the launch of the country’s most extensive coral restoration effort.
Between more serious messages, Goodall’s speeches often featured her whooping like a chimpanzee or lamenting that Tarzan chose the wrong Jane.
She had been scheduled to meet with students and teachers on Wednesday to launch the planting of 5,000 trees around wildfire burn zones in the Los Angeles area.
The organisers learned of her death as the event was to begin, and the first tree was planted in her name after a moment of silence.
In his tribute to her, nature broadcaster Chris Packham reflected on Goodall’s relentless advocacy until the very end.
“In many ways, Jane just died on the job,” he said. “The job that her life became. And that was protecting life on earth.”
