Jane Goodall at the One Young World Summit in London in 2019 FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
The disconnect between young people and nature is “appalling” and a major issue that society needs to address, says the award-winning conservationist Jane Goodall.
Goodall, famous for her groundbreaking fieldwork on chimpanzees, says she welcomes the , but more education is needed to help children engage with nature.
“It’s one of the big, big problems, dissociation from nature,” says Goodall. “Scientifically, we need nature, and young children in particular [need it] to develop properly psychologically. They need to spend time…
