The legacy of Jane Goodall

CONSERVATIONIST: DEAD AT 91 - BUT MESSAGE LIVES ON; 'WE CAN CHOOSE WHAT IMPACT WE MAKE'

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GREAT SERVICE. Ethologist and conservationist Jane Goodall receives the Medal of Freedom from US president Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, on 4 January this year. UNDERSTANDING. Jane Goodall communicates with chimpanzee Nana at a zoo in eastern Germany. LIVING LOVE. Jane Goodall holds a baby white-faced monkey at a rehabilitation centre in Chile.

(AFP)

British primatologist Jane Goodall, who transformed the study of chimpanzees and became one of the world's most revered wildlife advocates, has died at the age of 91, her institute announced.

Goodall "died peacefully in her sleep while in Los Angeles" on a speaking tour of the United States, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on Instagram.

In a final video posted before her death, Goodall, clad in her trademark green, told an audience: "Some of us could say 'bonjour', some of us could say 'guten morgen', and so on, but I can say 'hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! That's 'good morning' in chimpanzee."

Tributes poured in from conservationists, politicians and entertainers.

"I'm deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Jane Goodall, our dear messenger of peace," said UN chief Antonio Guterres.

"She is leaving an extraordinary legacy for humanity and our planet."