IV 
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 chim-
panzees forever changed human understanding of the dif-
ferences 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 Be-
havior’’, 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 peo-
ple, 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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Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the groundbreaking environ-
mental education advancements by the Jane Goodall 
Institute’s Roots and Shoots initiative on the 50th 
anniversary of the beginning of Dr. Jane Goodall’s 
research; 
(2) recognizes the significant role that the re-
search done by Dr. Goodall has had on the knowl-
edge and understanding of both the natural and 
human worlds, and its benefit to children and class-
rooms as they learn about the natural world; and 
(3) recognizes the valuable role that nature and 
science education plays in the conservation of nat-
ural resources as evidenced through the work of Dr. 
Goodall. 
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