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Dr Jane Goodall鈥檚 Today Programme

Highlights from Dr Jane Goodall鈥檚 guest edit

Dr Jane Goodall is a primatologist, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and a UN Messenger of Peace. She is best known for revolutionising the world's understanding of chimpanzees.

She used her Today guest edit to explore some of the ways we can inspire change to protect animals and our environment. She asked the 麻豆社鈥檚 Climate Editor, Justin Rowlatt, to look at the links between poverty and climate change. The programme featured reporting from Tanzania where 30 years ago Jane challenged a group of students to take action to protect the wildlife in their towns and villages. Martha Kearney interviewed the Environment Minister Zac Goldsmith on Jane鈥檚 behalf, asking him about COP 26 and trophy hunting. There鈥檚 music from Notre Dame and Jane reflects on the reaction to her work and image in the 1960s. With Martha Kearney and Mishal Husain.

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