JANE’S JOURNEY: THE LIFE OF JANE GOODALL (BASED ON THE MOVIE)

Book ID/图书代码： 00770011B50833

English Summary/英文概要： This is the story of Jane Goodall, who has changed our views about chimpanzees through the controversial findings she made during her research in the jungle of Tanzania. Today she travels the world, campaigning for the protection of the environment. Her research has made her popular throughout the world.

Jane Goodall has dedicated her life to the chimpanzees and the protection of their environment. “Mr. H.”, her plush monkey, accompanies her on all her trips around the world. He has already visited 59 countries, having been introduced to more than three million people so far.
From her childhood on, it was Jane’s dream to visit Africa. Following her mother’s advice, Jane became a secretary and film assistant, working part-time as a waitress during her traineeship to save money for her trip to the “dark continent”.
In 1957 she embarked on a trip to visit an old school friend in Kenya. Here she met the prestigious paleontologist und anthropologist Louis Leakey – a decisive encounter in her life.
Leakey had spent his entire life searching for the remains of prehistoric humanoids and was looking for an assistant to carry out observations on chimpanzees. His idea was to study the behavior of chimpanzees and to draw conclusions about the behavior of prehistoric human beings.
He offered the assignment to Jane because she was a woman, loved animals and didn’t have a university degree: From Leakey’s point of view these were ideal preconditions for the observation of chimpanzees, because he thought women were more patient than men and also able to understand nonverbal utterances better. Moreover, a scientist with a university degree would probably be more prejudiced by official teachings.
Jane accepted the assignment and started her expedition in 1960, accompanied by her mother, Vanne. As very few research results were available at the time, Jane had very few resources to rely on for her preparation. Her most outstanding observation was that chimpanzees make use of tools. This observation was truly revolutionary: until then, man had been defined as the only creature capable of using tools. Now, as Leakey commented, either man, or the tool needed to be redefined, or else we would have to accept chimpanzees as human creatures.
Obviously, Jane’s observations caused ambivalent reactions. Scientists considered her approach unscientific, mainly because she gave the monkeys names instead of numbers, thus documenting a personal relationship with them, which queried her objectivity. On the other hand, her work had a significant impact on a wider public, changing our common views on chimpanzees and making her work popular around the world.
Today Jane Goodall travels around the world most of the year, holding speeches and campaigning for the protection of the environment. To create a better world for future generations she has established the famous TACARE program in Tanzania for environmentally friendly agriculture, as well as the worldwide Roots & Shoots program, which enables young people to face the global challenges of the 21st century.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 每年300天走遍全世界，只為珍愛這片美麗大地…
珍古德被譽為「全世界最有影響力」的女人
對世界無私忘我的奉獻，既精彩又令人感動

珍古德對於保育工作的投入，她如何能廣邀全球年輕人，參與、改變、拯救這個世界的偉大計劃？
珍古德（Jane Goodall）是當今最知名的生物學家、動物行為學家以及環境保育人士。她在1960年代所展開的黑猩猩野外研究，被視為是20世紀最重要的科學發現之一。除了對黑猩猩的研究，珍古德自1980年代末也開始投身環境教育與公益事業，並且創辦「珍古德研究會」，將自己全部的時間與精力，奉獻給環境保育，以期啟發更多的人，將世界打造成一個更適宜所有生物居住的地方。
1934年出生於倫敦，因為幼年父親贈送的一隻貌似黑猩猩的布偶，自此開展了對動物與野外生活的熱愛。1957年，僅有高中學歷的珍古德隻身前往非洲肯亞，不久即受知名人類學家路易士李基（Louis Leakey）延攬，進入坦桑尼亞岡貝國家公園擔任黑猩猩田野調查的觀察員。在那裡，珍古德以其對黑猩猩的獨特觀察、取得了驚人的發現，為人類學和動物行為研究引入了全新的資料，並因此於1965年獲頒劍橋大學博士學位。(Chris)

Awards/获奖情况：JANE’S JOURNEY is shortlisted for the documentary Oscar
http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20111118a.html

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