When Jane Goodall, chimpanzee activist and the first scientist to observe that apes as well as humans use tools, "knocks at somebody's door they come," said Ian Redmond, chair of the Ape Alliance, a coalition of conservation groups. "Jane is known by and trusted by heads of state, the Dalai Lama ... She's become an icon of conservation," said Redmond, who has known Goodall since the 1980s, the point at which she went from being a scientist to being an activist.