March 2010
March 2, 2010, Washington, D.C. -- The Amazon Conservation Team (ACTTM), whose mission is to work in partnership with indigenous people to protect the South American rainforest, is proud to announce the addition of Dr. Jane Goodall to our Advisory Committee. For over fifty years, Dr. Goodall has been a pioneer in the fields of conservation, preservation and animal welfare, worldwide.
"With experience in so many different avenues across the board, Jane's presence on our advisory committee is sure to create better opportunities for our indigenous partners moving forward. Her understanding of animals, nature and the indigenous people will prove invaluable, as her work across the globe speaks for itself. We're incredibly excited to have Dr. Goodall's support behind our endeavors in Brazil, Colombia and Suriname. There are a handful of people who are incredibly well-versed in the science of complex eco-systems, and Dr. Jane Goodall is one of them," said ACT President, Dr. Mark Plotkin.
Other ACT advisory committee members include: Actress Karen Allen, Actor Jeff Bridges, Designer Todd Oldham, Dr. Hugh Govan of IPMEC, former United States Secretary of the Interior and former Governor of Arizona Bruce Babbitt, and Andrew Tobias, who presently serves as treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. The full list of ACT advisory committee members is available on the ACT website.
In 2004, Dr. Goodall was named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and in 2002 was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Her other honors include the French Legion of Honor, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, the Medal of Tanzania, Japan's Kyoto prize, the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science, the Gandhi-King Award for Nonviolence and the Spanish Premio Príncipe de Asturias. She is also a member of the advisory board of BBC Wildlife magazine.
Read more about The Amazon Conservation Team at www.amazonteam.org or by following us on Twitter at @AmazonCT. Read more about Dr. Goodall and the Jane Goodall Institute by visiting www.janegoodall.org.
About the Amazon Conservation Team:
The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) was founded in 1996. Noting that indigenous lands comprise approximately 25% of the Amazon basin, Dr. Plotkin and Ms. Madrigal created an organization based on a unique strategy: biocultural conservation, which rests on the conviction that the people who best know, use, and protect biodiversity in the tropical forests are the indigenous people who live in and depend on those ecosystems. By partnering with indigenous tribes throughout the Amazon to map, manage, and protect the rainforest, ACT ensures the successful conservation of the biodiversity, culture, and health of the Amazon's ecosystem-the flora, fauna, and the indigenous people.
