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\n\tJane Goodall, who has died at the age of 91, was a titan in the world of conservation who revealed much of what we know about chimpanzees and animal behavior. | Europa Press via Associated Press\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jane Goodall, one of the most influential environmental figures in human history, has died at 91 while doing what she\u2019s done for most of her later years \u2014 touring the country to deliver an urgent message about nature and human existence.<\/p>\n

Goodall, who revolutionized what we know about chimpanzees and animal intelligence, was interviewed as recently as last week, during New York City Climate Week. And her message was clear, consistent, and timely. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems these days everybody is so involved with technology that we forget that we\u2019re not only part of the natural world, we\u2019re an animal like all the others,\u201d Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, a conservation group, said last week during the Forbes Sustainability Leaders Summit in NYC. \u201cWe\u2019re an animal like all the others. But we depend on it for clean air, water, food, clothing \u2014 everything.\u201d <\/p>\n

And yet\u00a0\u2014 \u201cWe\u2019re destroying the planet,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

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In a separate conversation with the Wall Street Journal<\/a> last week, Goodall said the problem is the pernicious idea that economic development should come before the environment. In reality, we\u2019re on a planet with finite resources, and if we exhaust them, it could spell our own end. \u201cHumans are not exempt from extinction,\u201d Goodall said in the Wall Street Journal\u2019s podcast, The Journal<\/em>. <\/p>\n

One of the most compelling messages from her last interviews is that while we\u2019re the most \u201cintellectual animals\u201d to ever walk the planet, \u201cwe\u2019re not intelligent,\u201d said Goodall, who\u2019s an expert in animal behavior. \u201cBecause intelligent creatures don\u2019t destroy their only home.\u201d <\/p>\n

Ultimately, she said, it\u2019s that intellect that gives us the best shot at saving ourselves and the planet. That\u2019s what\u2019s ushered in solutions to living in greater harmony with the natural world, Goodall said, including renewable energy and plant-based foods. She emphasized that we know what\u2019s killing the planet: industrial agriculture, including livestock, and burning fossil fuels. <\/p>\n

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