Primate priming at London Zoo

Dr Jane Goodall lecture tonight

Pioneering primatologist and anthropologist Dr Jane Goodall is to talk about her life and work tonight at London Zoo, in the run-up to celebrating 50 years of her research into chimpanzee behaviour next year.

Hosted by the BBC's World Affairs Editor, John Simpson, the evening will kick off with a film about Goodall's research work and her eponymously titled Institute - which became the focal point for her studies of primate social and family interaction in Tanzania.

The Jane Goodall Institute and conservation partners including The Nature Conservancy, have just commpleted a 30-year plan to guide restoration and preservation of the Greater Gombe Ecosystem in Tanzania. The Institute has been working with other wildlife and conservation experts, NGOs and government representatives in Tanzania to develop a plan that will preserve the ecosystem for the benefit of biodiversity, natural resources and sustainable human livelihoods.

A question and answer session follows Goodall's lecture tonight. The event takes place at 7pm in the Prince Albert Suite, at ZSL London Zoo in Regent's Park.

Tickets are available on a first-come, first served basis and cost £20 for members of the Jane Goodall Institute and £40 for non-members.

For more information, visit www.janegoodall.org or www.zsl.org