Bezos Earth Fund, Re:wild launch $200 million drive to save species from extinction

LONDON, Aug 4 : The Bezos Earth Fund, established by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and Re:wild, co-founded by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, on Tuesday pledged an initial $200 million to support the recovery of critically endangered species.• The Phoenix Species Project aims to help preserve 100 species across 30 countries through long-term funding and locally led conservation efforts involving Indigenous Peoples, local communities, scientists and governments.• Recovery measures include conservation breeding, habitat restoration, disease management and control of invasive species, with scientific support from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission.• According to the IUCN more than 49,000 species, or around 28 per cent of those it has assessed, are thre