After Gombe

In 1991, Jane and 16 Tanzanian students found Roots & Shoots, the Jane Goodall Institute's global environmental and humanitarian education program for youth.

The Lake Tanganyika Catchment Reforestation and Education project (TACARE; pronounced "take-care") is launched in 1994. This program helps communities situated around Lake Tanganyika to create sustainable livelihoods agriculture, micro-finance and education as a means to conserve local habitat and animal species. 

On April 16, 2002, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appoints Jane to serve as a United Nations Messenger of Peace.

Jane is made a Dame of the British Empire (the equivalent of a knighthood) on February 20, 2004 during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London.