Leonardo DiCaprio's fund to donate 5 million dollar in aid amid Amazon fires

Leonardo DiCaprio's new environmental organisation Earth Alliance, has pledged five million dollars to help preserve the Amazon rainforest amid raging fires. The Hollywood star has created the organisation with friends, Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth. According to Earth Alliance's website, the funds will be donated to five local organisations: Instituto Associacao Floresta Protegida (Kayapo), Coordination of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB), Instituto Kabu (Kayapo), Instituto Raoni (Kayapo) and Instituto Socioambiental (ISA).

"The Amazon rainforest is on fire, with more than 9,000 wildfires scorching delicate, irreplaceable landscapes across Brazil this week - year to date, more than 72,000 fires have been reported by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE).

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