Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos lead $200M project to save 100 of globe’s most threatened species
- Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched a $200 million initiative to revive 100 of Earth's most threatened species.
- The project, called the Phoenix Species Project, is led by DiCaprio's Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund.
- This initiative is described as the largest single fund in history dedicated to recovering critically endangered species.
- The project aims to sustain various endangered animals, including lemurs, salamanders, and pangolins.
- Conversations with local governments and environmental groups led to the development of this project.
Foundations funded and co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched an initiative committing $200 million to revive 100 of Earth’s most threatened species, including endangered lemurs, salamanders, pangolins, pigs, and echidnas.
DiCaprio’s Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund are leading the Phoenix Species Project, which is described as the largest single fund in history dedicated exclusively to recovering critically endangered species.
The initiative aims to sustain various endangered animals and has been developed following conversations with local governments, environmental groups, and Indigenous people on how to reverse the decline of vulnerable species.
莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥和杰夫·贝索斯领导2亿美元项目拯救全球100种最濒危物种
由莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥和杰夫·贝索斯资助和共同创办的基金会启动了一项倡议，承诺投入2亿美元以拯救地球上100种最濒危的物种，包括濒危的狐猴、蝾螈、穿山甲、猪和针鼹。
迪卡普里奥的Re:wild和贝索斯地球基金领导该凤凰物种项目，该项目被描述为历史上专门用于恢复极度濒危物种的最大单一基金。
该倡议旨在保护各种濒危动物，并在与地方政府、环保组织和土著人民的对话后发展而来，讨论如何逆转脆弱物种的衰退。