You or your representatives are cordially invited to cover a symposium held on the campus of The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) this Saturday (10 November), during which internationally renowned speaker and conservationist Dr Jane Goodall, United Nations Messenger of Peace and also one of the world's foremost experts on chimpanzees, will share her insights into wildlife conversation and education for sustainability. 

Delivering a welcome speech will be Professor Woo Chi-keung, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences of EdUHK, and Mr Simon Chan Kin-fung, Assistant Director (Conversation) of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of the Hong Kong SAR.

Organised by the Department of Science and Environmental Studies, the occasion will feature four mini symposia to share ways in which conservation can be achieved: (1) Creative Community Engagement for a Sustainable Future, (2) Unleashing Energy for Environment Betterment through Education, (3) Investing in a Sustainable Future, and (4) Visiting the Home of Wildlife: Ecotourism”.

At the age of 26, Dr Jane Goodall hid among the robust greenery in the lush rainforest of Gombe, Tanzania, and observed something no one had ever recorded – a chimpanzee, she named David Greybeard, used long stalks of grass as a tool to catch and eat ants from an ant mound. Her story was turned into a documentary by National Geographic Studios in 2017. Committed to conservation, community engagement, and education, Dr Goodall established a non-governmental organisation, called the Jane Goodall Institute, to promote wildlife conservation worldwide.

Dr. Jane Goodall changed public perceptions of primates and people, and the connection between the two. Over the past six decades, she has evolved from a steadfast scientist to a passionate conservationist and humanitarian, urging the world to take action on behalf of nature. Further details of the talk are as follows:

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