Leonardo DiCaprio Pledges $5m to Help Save the Amazon

• 08.27.2019, 19:26
•  World

CNN

Earth Alliance, an environmental group co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio, has announced over the weekend that it will donate $5m to help combat the fires currently ravaging the Amazon rainforest, The Guardian reports.

The initial monetary commitment will help"focus critical resources on the key protections needed to maintain the ‘lungs of the planet"", Earth Alliance explained in a post, encouraging members of the public to donate as well.

"These funds will be distributed directly to local partners and the indigenous communities protecting the Amazon, the incredible diversity of wildlife that lives there, and the health of the planet overall," the group said.

DiCaprio announced the aid package on Instagram and said:"The lungs of the Earth are in flames. The Brazilian Amazon – home to 1 million Indigenous people and 3 million species – has been burning for more than two weeks straight."