The award-winning primatologist tells New Scientist that training programmes should deal with the disconnect between younger folks and nature
Environment
6 May 2022
Jane Goodall on the One Young World Summit in London in 2019 FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
The disconnect between younger folks and nature is “appalling” and a serious concern that society wants to deal with, says the award-winning conservationist Jane Goodall.
Goodall, well-known for her groundbreaking subject work on chimpanzees, says she welcomes the UK authorities’s new qualification for 14-16 12 months olds on pure historical past, however extra training is wanted to assist youngsters interact with nature.
“It’s one of the big, big problems, dissociation from nature,” says Goodall. “Scientifically, we want nature, and younger youngsters in explicit [need it] to develop …