Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Pledges $1 Billion to Support This

In an altruistic and noble move, Jeff Bezos, the founder of e-commerce giant Amazon, has pledged to give away $1 billion to conservation efforts.

Bezos announced on Monday his promise to give away the money in grants this year to support efforts that around conservation.

The impressive pledge is part of the Bezos Earth Fund, the Amazon founder’s $10 billion commitment to support scientists, activists and organizations working to address climate change.

The Earth fund plans to support efforts around landscape restoration and food system transportation in the next coming years. The Bezos Earth Fund has pledged to donate about $1 billion a year to activists, scientists and other groups working to address the globe’s climate crisis. The fund aims to spend $10 billion by 2030.

In a release, the Earth Fund said the latest round of grants will be used to “create, expand, manage and monitor protected and conserved areas.”

“The natural world is not better today than it was 500 years ago, when we enjoyed unspoiled forests, clean rivers and the pristine air of the pre-industrial age,” Bezos said in a statement.

“We can and must reverse this anomaly.”

It is not yet known which organizations will receive the grants but to begin the fund plans to focus on Central Africa’s Congo Basin, the tropical Andes region and the tropical Pacific Ocean.

Additionally, the gifts will be prioritized in areas where local communities and Indigenous peoples are a main focus of conservation programs, among other considerations, the Bezos Earth Fund said.

The fund also said earlier in September that it would give away $203.7 million by the end of the year to organizations advancing climate justice, among other causes.

This move came after the fund had donated $791 million in grants last year to 16 organizations, including the World Wildlife Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Nature Conservancy.

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