Jane Goodall on Why We Should Help the Serengeti
Animal-rich region is the "essence of Africa," famed scientist says.
But like so many natural areas in today's world, the park is threatened by deforestation, poaching, and other concerns.
Primatologist Jane Goodall, renowned for her work with chimpanzees in the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, is now helping to apply lessons learned in the Gombe to the much larger Serengeti park. (Read "Being Jane Goodall" in National Geographic magazine.)
In July, her organization, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), in partnership with others, launched a project to ensure the future of the Serengeti's ecosystem, including its vast herds of wildebeests and zebras, and the lions that prey on them. (Related: "The Short Happy Life of the Serengeti Lion.")
Goodall, an Explorer-in-Residence Emeritus at National Geographic, talked to
