ナショナルジオグラフィックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナショナルジオグラフィックInstagram)「Photo by @michaelnicknichols | Jane Goodall, Goualougo Triangle, Republic of Congo, 2002. Jane and I were in the Congo in a place where, in the 1990s, conservationist Mike Fay had encountered chimpanzees that hadn't had any negative association with humans—meaning that they were “naive," not afraid. So the goal was to protect them and this land at all costs. The problem: a forest full of mahogany, which had a value akin to gold. The president of Congo wouldn't sign a decree that would annex the triangle into the national park; this stalemate went on for a decade. We were all afraid that something would happen and destroy this place, so we brought in a secret weapon: Jane Goodall, who is renowned—and can move the dial when she meets with a president. Mission accomplished: The decree was signed. Here, she was about 68 years old, and it was a long, hard walk to reach the Goualougo. She wore plastic sandals and got really painful blisters. She did not complain (except to me, her friend). From my retrospective book WILD」2月24日 4時36分