The actor is helping fight devastating rainforest fires in Brazil and Bolivia.
, Leonardo DiCaprio is pledging to help save the burning Amazon rain forest. Earth Alliance, which DiCaprio co-founded with philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth will use a $5 million"emergency fund" to help fight the devastating fires and preserve Indigenous lands.The money will be distributed to five Brazil-based organizations to fight the Amazon fires and provide affected communities with relief and support.
Leonardo DiCaprio is thankfully not the only person trying to put out the Amazon fires. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has expressed little concern over the issue, and is generally thought to have encouraged illegal forest burning and land development, but even he succumbed to international pressure over the weekend by reportedly.
Leonardo DiCaprio on Instagram: “Yesterday, we launched the Amazon Forest Fund, the first initiative from the newly formed @EarthAlliance. The fund was set up to help local…” An offshoot of the environmentally-focused Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, Earth Alliance was formed in June of this year and"in response to a growing climate crisis and staggering loss of biodiversity threatening the stability of life on Earth." You can donate to its emergency Amazon fire fund
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