Jane Goodall, winner of the International Prize of Catalonia, visits UAB
As part of the global meeting of Jane Goodall Institutes, over 50 people from 30 different countries in which the institute is present will be meeting from 23 to 26 May at the UAB Institute of Environmental Science and Technology.
22/05/2015
The meeting, which will include the attendance of Jane Goodall, who recently was awarded the International Prize of Catalonia, aims to strengthen the global structure of the institute, combine strategies and reach agreements in the implementation of research, conservation and education programmes around the world. This is the second time that the Jane Goodall Institute in Spain organises an international meeting. In the first meeting, held in May 2012, Jane Goodall visited the UAB to give a conference at the conference hall of the Rectorate Building.
Although the meeting is not open to the general public, a team from the Jane Goodall Institutes of Spain and Senegal,formed by Ferran Guallar and Liliana Pacheco, will offer an open conference on Wednesday 27 May at 1 pm at the ICTA-ICP Building. The conference is entitled “El ximpanzé d’Àfrica de l’Oest: Investigació, conservació i oportunitats formatives i de voluntariat” (The Chimpanzee of West Africa: Research, Conservation and Opportunities for Volunteering) and the speakers will explain the chimpanzee conservation programme in West Africa being conducted by the Jane Goodall Institute since 2007. The biological station Fouta Djallon, located at the southeastern part of Senegal, on the border with Guinea, is the first to focus on the research, conservation and education regarding this species in danger of extinction. The programme is innovative and one of the first to use new technologies, as well as continuing to function in times of crisis. One of the peculiarities of this programmes is the possibility to receive training while working as a short- or long-term volunteer.
Liliana Pacheco is primatologist and director of the research institute and programme in Senegal, and she began her work in West Africa in 2007. She currently directs a team of 15 people, including 15 local and long-term volunteers in the south of Senegal. Ferran Guallar, economist specialising in protected areas, is also founder of the Jane Goodall Institute in Spain and president of the institute at European level. He currently coordinates the activities of the Jane Goodall Institutes with other organisations working on the conservation of the chimpanzee species in West Africa.
Although the meeting is not open to the general public, a team from the Jane Goodall Institutes of Spain and Senegal,formed by Ferran Guallar and Liliana Pacheco, will offer an open conference on Wednesday 27 May at 1 pm at the ICTA-ICP Building. The conference is entitled “El ximpanzé d’Àfrica de l’Oest: Investigació, conservació i oportunitats formatives i de voluntariat” (The Chimpanzee of West Africa: Research, Conservation and Opportunities for Volunteering) and the speakers will explain the chimpanzee conservation programme in West Africa being conducted by the Jane Goodall Institute since 2007. The biological station Fouta Djallon, located at the southeastern part of Senegal, on the border with Guinea, is the first to focus on the research, conservation and education regarding this species in danger of extinction. The programme is innovative and one of the first to use new technologies, as well as continuing to function in times of crisis. One of the peculiarities of this programmes is the possibility to receive training while working as a short- or long-term volunteer.
Liliana Pacheco is primatologist and director of the research institute and programme in Senegal, and she began her work in West Africa in 2007. She currently directs a team of 15 people, including 15 local and long-term volunteers in the south of Senegal. Ferran Guallar, economist specialising in protected areas, is also founder of the Jane Goodall Institute in Spain and president of the institute at European level. He currently coordinates the activities of the Jane Goodall Institutes with other organisations working on the conservation of the chimpanzee species in West Africa.