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The Ten Trusts

  • 224 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 2002
  • 8 editions

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1 About this book

Combining her life's work living among the chimpanzees with her spiritual perspective on the relationship between humans and animals, world-famous scientist Jane Goodall collaborates with animal behaviorist Marc Bekoff on the "ten trusts" that humans must honor as custodians of the planet.

  • Nature
  • Wildlife conservation
  • Human-animal relationships
  • Nature, effect of human beings on
  • Animal rights
  • Animal welfare
  • Effect of human beings on
  • Animales

2 About Jane Goodall

1934–2025

Dame Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall ( GUUD-awl; 3 April 1934 – 1 October 2025) was an English primatologist and anthropologist. Regarded as a pioneer in primate ethology, and described by many publications as "the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert", she was best known for more than six decades of field research on the social and family life of wild chimpanzees in the Kasakela chimpanzee community at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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