Jane Goodall’s Final Message: ‘Don’t Give Up’

Last week, the world lost a conservation giant.

On Oct. 1, renowned primatologist and environmental advocate Jane Goodall died at the age of 91. The British scientist is most famous for her work with chimpanzees, which she embedded with for years in the forests of Tanzania to uncover more about their lives in the wild.

Goodall’s insatiable curiosity for the natural world grew into a fierce, decades-long global campaign to protect the environment from the intertwined threats of biodiversity loss and climate change. Though many mourn her passing and the loss of a major force in the fight for nature, they also stress the far-reaching and long-term impact of her work on the next generation of scientists and conservationists.

And Goodall herself left behind a message for the world in a uniqu