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Jane Goodall: Children’s lack of time in nature is ‘appalling’, says conservationist

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Jane Goodall: Children’s lack of time in nature is ‘appalling’, says conservationist


The award-winning primatologist tells New Scientist that education programmes must address the disconnect between young people and nature



Environment



6 May 2022

By Adam Vaughan

Mandatory Credit: Photo by FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10454082aa) Anthropologist and UN messenger of Peace, Dr. Jane Goodall speaks during a session at the One Young World Summit in the Methodist Hall in London, Britain, 23 October 2019. Over 2,000 young people from over 190 countries gathered for the One Young World Summit, a global forum for young leaders, aiming to create the next generation of more responsible and effective leaders. One Young World Summit, London, United Kingdom - 23 Oct 2019

Jane Goodall at the One Young World Summit in London in 2019

FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA/EPA-EFE/Shu​tterstock

The disconnect between young people and nature is “appalling” and a major issue that society needs to address, says the award-winning conservationist Jane Goodall.

Goodall, famous for her groundbreaking fieldwork on chimpanzees, says she welcomes the UK government’s new qualification for 14 to 16-year-olds on natural history, but more education is needed to help children engage with nature.

“It’s one of the big, big problems, dissociation from nature,” says Goodall. “Scientifically, we need nature, and young children in particular [need it] to develop properly …



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