Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos lead $200M project to save 100 of globe’s most threatened species
Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund say the fund will support breeding, habitat protection and rewilding for 100 threatened species.
- On Tuesday, foundations led by Leonardo DiCaprio, actor and conservation advocate, and Jeff Bezos, Amazon-founding billionaire, announced the Phoenix Species Project, committing $200 million to revive 100 of Earth's most threatened species.
- DiCaprio's years developing climate-focused conservation led to a 2021 meeting with Re:wild co-founder and CEO Wes Sechrest and Bezos, which prompted conversations with Indigenous groups and environmental organizations across multiple continents.
- Target species span Madagascar's golden-crowned sifaka lemur, North Carolina's Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander, the Philippines' Visayan warty pig, Colombia's starry night harlequin toad, and Tanzania's pancake tortoise, alongside Southeast Asia's Malayan pangolin and New Guinea's Attenborough's long-beaked echidna, named for 100-year-old naturalist David Attenborough.
- Aussie Ark will receive $1 million to expand wildlife protection at a scale 'never seen before,' with Director and co-CEO Liz Gabriel calling it 'a transformational commitment to threatened species conservation in NSW' and co-CEO Hayley Shute pledging species will be 'actively restored' into ecosystems.
- The initiative sustains conservation efforts previously underfunded, with executive director Tiana Andriamanana of Association Fanamby noting species like the golden-crowned sifaka were protected on budgets 'would never match what this species deserves,' while Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos lead the Bezos Earth Fund toward long-term ecosystem restoration.
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Actor creates $200 million fund with Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez for endangered species
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos Lead USD 200 Million Project To Save 100 of Globe’s Most Threatened Species | 🎥 LatestLY
Environmental non-profit Re:wild, co-founded by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, and the Bezos Earth Fund, chaired by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, have launched a $200 million initiative aimed at preventing the extinction of 100 of the world's most endangered species. 🎥 Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos Lead USD 200 Million Project To Save 100 of Globe’s Most Threatened Species.
The global alliance to save 100 species on the brink of extinction will allocate $200 million and will have important participations. The plan will finance sustained five-year projects that will replace isolated interventions with comprehensive active conservation strategies. Private investment is supported by global organizations and prominent figures, such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos. These funds ensure that assisted reproduction, ecos…
The American actor and Amazon CEO have launched a joint project with their respective NGOs to help the world's 100 most threatened animals and plants.
DiCaprio and Bezos have committed $200 million to save 100 species of animals from extinctionActor Leonardo DiCaprio and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos launched the Phoenix Species Project with a budget of $200 million for conservation of 100 endangered species. The initiative is being implemented by Re:Wild and the Bezos Earth Foundation.
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