Leo to the rescue: DiCaprio group pledges $5M to fight Amazon fires

[G_j]

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2019/08/25/amazon-donation-dicaprio-five-million/40008269/

New York – A new environmental foundation backed by Leonardo DiCaprio is pledging $5 million in aid to the Amazon, which has been swept by wildfires .

Earth Alliance was created last month by DiCaprio and philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth. On Sunday, it launched the Amazon Forest Fund in an announcement on their website. The alliance is also seeking donations to help repair the Brazilian rainforest, called the “lungs of the planet.”

Brazilian federal experts reported a record number of wildfires across the country this year, up 84% over the same period in 2018.

The funds will be distributed to five local groups working to combat the problem: Instituto Associacao Floresta Protegida, Coordination of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon, Instituto Kabu, Instituto Raoni, and Instituto Socioambiental.

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[lunatica]

1. I donated to the Amazon Forest Fund

We must save the Amazon Forest. 7.7 Billion people depend on it, as do all living things on the planet.

[alwaysinasnit]

2. K&R

[spike jones]

3. Arbor Day 2020

Friday April 24
Plant a tree.
https://www.arborday.org/

[smirkymonkey]

4. My opinion of him just went up greatly.

It was a very generous and humane act for him to donate such a large amount to this cause.

[G_j]

5. He does a lot!

Leonardo DiCaprio’s charitable foundation donates $100 MILLION to help fight climate change
charles the moderator / December 25, 2018

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/12/25/leonardo-dicaprios-charitable-foundation-donates-100-million-to-help-fight-climate-change/


Leonardo DiCaprio Charity Work, Events and Causes
https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/leonardo-dicaprio

[Skittles]

6. thanking Mr. DiCaprio