Amazonas: Leonardo DiCaprio Donates $ 5 Million and Calls for Action

Subsequent fires in the Amazon have alerted the world. The region has been under threat for several days due to deforestation in the region, which has alerted authorities, governments and humanitarian activists around the world.

Leonardo DiCaprio It was one of them. The actor, distinguished by his interest and his work for the environment, against global warming and the protection of endangered species, allocated $ 5 million with the NGO Earth Alliance reduce fires in the Amazon.

The NGO was created last month in collaboration with other personalities – philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth – with the aim to badist and to involve in favor of the environment.

In this regard, your campaign was launched this Sunday, "Fund of the Amazon Rain Forest"This is its largest initiative that provides funding to stop fires in the area. A datum not less: The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world and promotes more than 20% of the air on the planet.

According to the information provided by the "Hollywood Reporter", the money will go to five foundations devoted to solving environmental damage. They are: Instituto Associacao Floresta Protegida, the Coordinating Department of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon, the Kabu Institute, the Raoni Institute and the Socio-Environmental Institute.

"Governments around the world must work together so that it does not continue"

Currently, DiCaprio presents Quentin Tarantino's new film, who played alongside Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, "Once upon a time in Hollywood." However, at conferences and press conferences, he does not forget to mention the environmental problem.

The situation is critical in the Amazon. This year, wildfires rose 85% over last year.

Authorities in various countries and regions have already activated measures to combat damage in the region. The French and Chilean leaders, Emmanuel Macron and Sebastián Piñera, They communicated: allocate $ 20 million in fire control badistance and a new initiative to be announced by the United Nations General Assembly on September 17.

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