[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1543 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1543

  Honoring the educational significance of Dr. Jane Goodall's work on 
  this the 50th anniversary of the beginning of her work in Tanzania, 
                                Africa.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2010

  Mr. Polis of Colorado submitted the following resolution; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Honoring the educational significance of Dr. Jane Goodall's work on 
  this the 50th anniversary of the beginning of her work in Tanzania, 
                                Africa.

Whereas, on July 14, 1960, Jane Goodall arrived at Gombe Stream Chimpanzee 
        Reserve in western Tanzania, Africa;
Whereas Jane Goddall's research has led to numerous groundbreaking discoveries 
        including the use of tools by chimpanzees;
Whereas these and other behavioral observations of chimpanzees forever changed 
        human understanding of the differences between humans and other animal 
        species;
Whereas between 1968 and 1986, Dr. Goodall published a collection of articles 
        and books that remain the foundational scientific works of chimpanzee 
        and wildlife studies alike;
Whereas this included the publication by Harvard University Press of ``The 
        Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior'', which detailed the range 
        of behaviors that make up the essential corpus of chimpanzee natural 
        history and which remains today a critical reference of researchers in 
        the field;
Whereas Dr. Goodall's writings not only formed the bedrock of the descriptive 
        analytical study of chimpanzees, but they also altered the paradigm of 
        the study of culture in chimpanzees and other animals, especially 
        species with complex social behaviors;
Whereas in support of the research she began and to advance her vision, Dr. 
        Goodall established the Gombe Stream Research Center in 1965 and the 
        Jane Goodall Institute in 1977;
Whereas traveling the world approximately 300 days a year, she delivers dozens 
        of lectures and engages with youth of all ages;
Whereas during the last half of the 20th century, she blazed a trail for and 
        inspired other women primatologists, such that women now dominate long-
        term primate behavioral studies worldwide;
Whereas Dr. Goodall has been a role model for youth of all ages, inspiring boys 
        and girls alike to take action for people, animals, and the environment; 
        and
Whereas through her Jane Goodall Institute, she established the Roots & Shoots 
        global youth program which now has members in more than 110 countries: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the groundbreaking environmental education 
        advancements by the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots and Shoots 
        initiative on the 50th anniversary of the beginning of Dr. Jane 
        Goodall's research;
            (2) recognizes the significant role that the research done 
        by Dr. Goodall has had on the knowledge and understanding of 
        both the natural and human worlds, and its benefit to children 
        and classrooms as they learn about the natural world; and
            (3) recognizes the valuable role that nature and science 
        education plays in the conservation of natural resources as 
        evidenced through the work of Dr. Goodall.
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