--- title: Jane Goodall | TIME description: Jane Goodall DBE, was a primatologist and anthropologist, the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, and a UN Messenger of Peace. canonical: https://time.com/author/jane-goodall/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/jane-goodall/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jane Goodall ## Jane Goodall Jane Goodall DBE, was a primatologist and anthropologist, the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, and a UN Messenger of Peace. ## Jane Goodall *  Nov 12, 2025 ### [Jane Goodall’s Plea for Future Generations](https://time.com/7333154/jane-goodalls-plea-future-generations-in-her-own-words/) "Economic growth, as we have traditionally defined it, can no longer be our guiding star. Instead, w... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 21, 2021 ### [The Loss of Trees Has Had Devastating Consequences. Here's How We Can Still Create a Sustainable Planet](https://time.com/6099958/trees-for-jane-goodall/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 27, 2020 ### [Planting 1 Trillion Trees Can Save the Planet](https://time.com/5883791/planting-trees-climate-change/) And how each one of us can make a difference in this fight [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 12, 2019 ### [Jane Goodall: These 4 Issues May Not Seem Related to Climate Change. But They Are and We Need to Solve Them Now](https://time.com/5669043/jane-goodall-climate-change/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 9, 2018 ### [Being a Woman Was Crucial to My Success in a Male-Dominated Field](https://time.com/5192249/jane-goodall-sexism-gender-equality-documentary/) A new documentary, JANE, chronicles the life of the distinguished scientist Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/jane-goodall/","name":"Jane Goodall"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/jane-goodall/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/jane-goodall/"},"name":"Jane Goodall","jobTitle":null,"description":"Jane Goodall DBE, was a primatologist and anthropologist, the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, and a UN Messenger of Peace.","url":"https://time.com/author/jane-goodall/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```