To Me, Trees Are Living Beings And

I Thought My Life Was Mapped Out. Research, Living In The Forest, Teaching And Writing. But In '86 I Went To A Conference And Realised The Chimpanzees Were Disappearing. I Had Worldwide Recognition And A Gift Of Communication. I Had To Use Them.

To Me, Trees Are Living Beings And They Have Their Own Sort Of Personalities.

What Makes Us Human, I Think, Is An Ability To Ask Questions, A Consequence Of Our Sophisticated Spoken Language.

In A Very Unscientific Statement, I Feel That There's Been A Disconnect Between This Clever Brain And The Heart.

I Feel A Desperation To Make People See What We Are Doing To The Environment, What A Mess We Are Making Of Our World. At This Point, The More People I Reach, The More I Accomplish. ... I Miss Gombe And My Wonderful Years In The Forest But If I Were To Go Back To That, I Wouldn't Feel I Was Doing What I Should Be Doing.