The Guardian

Bezos’ $1bn nature pledge

Patrick Greenfield

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has committed $1bn to conservation projects around the world. The money, made through the $10bn Bezos Earth Fund that he formed last year, will go towards the conservation of nature in biodiversity hotspots such as the Congo Basin, the tropical Andes and the Pacific.

"Nature is our life support system and it’s fragile. I was reminded of this just this July when I went into space with Blue Origin. I’d heard that seeing the Earth from space changes one’s point of view of the world. But I was not prepared for just how much that would be true,” the Washington Post owner said.

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