Jane Goodall to participate in the UAB Symposium on Primatology and Conservation

On Saturday 5 May UAB will host the Symposium on Primatology and Conservation, organised by the Jane Goodall Institute and with the participation of the world-famous primatologist.

23/04/2012

The symposium is addressed to university students, professionals and the public in general and is a unique opportunity to learn about the research, conservation, education and awareness-raising activities being carried out by experts and scientists of the Jane Goodall Institutes all over Africa.

The day-long symposium will take place from 10 am to 5:30 pm at the conference hall (Sala de graus) of the Faculty of Sciences and has been organised in collaboration with the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. The event will include the participation of Jane Goodall, world-famous British primatologist, and outstanding experts in primatology such as Federico Bogdanowicz, executive director of the Jane Goodall Institute in Spain, Liliana Pacheco, director of the project in Senegal, and Rebeca Atencia, director of the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center (Republic of the Congo), etc.

Conference by Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall will also be offering a conference to the general public on Monday 7 May at 6:30 pm at the conference hall of the Rectorate Building. The conference, entitled "Reasons for Hope" will focus on over fifty years of tireless work by Doctor Goodall on environmental conservation both at scientific and educational levels. Other members of Jane Goodall Institutes in Africa will also participate. Simultaneous interpreting will be provided for attendants.

Doctor Jane Goodall is known for her revolutionary studies conducted in the jungles of Tanzania, among wild chimpanzees, from where the human species and the image humans had of Homo sapiens was redefined. Her scientific achievements in the field of conservation have won her several distinctions and prizes such as the Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research in 2003, being appointed as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, and receiving honorary doctorates from over forty universities around the world.

Goodall travels 300 days a year to spread the word of peace around the world. Her next stop thus is Barcelona, where she be staying at UAB from 3 to 10 May to celebrate the Global Meeting of the Jane Goodall Institutes operating in several countries around the world. The Jane Goodall Institute in Spain (IJG, www.janegoodall.es) chose Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) as its meeting place and the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) has been working in close collaboration with IJG to make this exceptional visit to UAB by Dr Goodall possible.

With her profound views on science, Dr Goodall bases her talks on what she calls "Reasons for Hope", a set of arguments against pessimism which reaches the public like few others can thanks to Dr Goodall's charisma.

For more information and to register:
http://www.janegoodall.es/es/summit