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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1543 

Honoring the educational significance of Dr. Jane Goodall’s work on this 

the 50th anniversary of the beginning of her work in Tanzania, Africa. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 20, 2010 

Mr. POLIS of Colorado submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the educational significance of Dr. Jane Goodall’s 

work on this the 50th anniversary of the beginning of 

her work in Tanzania, Africa. 

Whereas, on July 14, 1960, Jane Goodall arrived at Gombe 

Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in western Tanzania, Africa; 

Whereas Jane Goddall’s research has led to numerous 

groundbreaking discoveries including the use of tools by 

chimpanzees; 

Whereas these and other behavioral observations of chimpanzees forever changed human understanding of the differences between humans and other animal species; 

Whereas between 1968 and 1986, Dr. Goodall published a 

collection of articles and books that remain the 


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foundational scientific works of chimpanzee and wildlife 

studies alike; 

Whereas this included the publication by Harvard University 

Press of ‘‘The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior’’, which detailed the range of behaviors that make 

up the essential corpus of chimpanzee natural history and 

which remains today a critical reference of researchers in 

the field; 

Whereas Dr. Goodall’s writings not only formed the bedrock 

of the descriptive analytical study of chimpanzees, but 

they also altered the paradigm of the study of culture in 

chimpanzees and other animals, especially species with 

complex social behaviors; 

Whereas in support of the research she began and to advance 

her vision, Dr. Goodall established the Gombe Stream 

Research Center in 1965 and the Jane Goodall Institute 

in 1977; 

Whereas traveling the world approximately 300 days a year, 

she delivers dozens of lectures and engages with youth of 

all ages; 

Whereas during the last half of the 20th century, she blazed 

a trail for and inspired other women primatologists, such 

that women now dominate long-term primate behavioral 

studies worldwide; 

Whereas Dr. Goodall has been a role model for youth of all 

ages, inspiring boys and girls alike to take action for people, animals, and the environment; and 

Whereas through her Jane Goodall Institute, she established 

the Roots & Shoots global youth program which now has 

members in more than 110 countries: Now, therefore, be 

it 


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1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes the groundbreaking environ3 mental education advancements by the Jane Goodall 

4 Institute’s Roots and Shoots initiative on the 50th 

5 anniversary of the beginning of Dr. Jane Goodall’s 

6 research; 

7 (2) recognizes the significant role that the re8 search done by Dr. Goodall has had on the knowl9 edge and understanding of both the natural and 

10 human worlds, and its benefit to children and class11 rooms as they learn about the natural world; and 

12 (3) recognizes the valuable role that nature and 

13 science education plays in the conservation of nat14 ural resources as evidenced through the work of Dr. 

15 Goodall. 

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