Dr. Jane Goodall, presented a lecture “Conservation and Communities: The Shifting Paradigm of International Conservation."

Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, presented a lecture to U.S. Department of the Interior employees and conservation partners titled “Conservation and Communities: The Shifting Paradigm of International Conservation.” Her remarks focused on the growing need for global approaches to conservation and the critical role of local populations and especially youth. Dr. Goodall also spoke about her new book, Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink. For the first time, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar presented the Secretary's Lifetime Achievement Award, having chosen Dr. Goodall in recognition of her tireless dedication to promoting great ape conservation through applied research, public education, and advocacy—research that transformed scientific perceptions of the relationship between humans and animals, and improved the livelihoods of local communities, and created a worldwide network of young people dedicated to taking action to care for the environment.

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    Dr. Jane Goodall and Tom Strickland, Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann - DOI)

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    Dr. Goodall lectured on the Jane Goodall Institute's unique TACARE program in Tanzania where local village populations come up with their own solutions for sustainable living. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann - DOI)

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    Dr. Goodall spoke about the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots and Shoots program, a youth-led campaign of service-learning projects making positive changes for people, animals and the environment. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann - DOI)

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    Dr. Goodall was greeted by a standing-room-only audience in the Interior's Sydney R. Yates Auditorium. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann - DOI)

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    “I have a permit for this” Dr. Goodall said as she held up a Condor feather. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann - DOI)

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    Andy Archuleta asks Dr. Goodall a question. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann - DOI)

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    Dr. Goodall taking questions from the audience. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann - DOI)

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    Dr. Goodall receives the first-ever Secretary's Lifetime Achievement Award from Interior Secretary Salazar. Also pictured are Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks Tom Strickland and Director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Sam Hamilton. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann - DOI)

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    Dr. Goodall signs a copy of her new book “Hope for Animals and Their World - How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink” for Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Anne Castle. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann - DOI)

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    Secretary Salazar and Dr. Goodall visit in the Secretary's office prior to her lecture. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann - DOI)

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