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DiCaprio, Bezos Fund Launch $200M Project to Save 100 Species

8/6/2026

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Leonardo DiCaprio’s Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund launched the Phoenix Species Project with $200 million.
The project will seek to recover 100 endangered species—mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, invertebrates and plants—in 30 countries.
Over 100 partners—including Indigenous Peoples, scientists and governments—will work with the IUCN Species Survival Commission using breeding, habitat restoration and invasive-species control for species such as Madagascar’s golden-crowned sifaka, bowmouth guitarfish and the night parrot.

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Story summary

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund launched the Phoenix Species Project with $200 million.
The project will seek to recover 100 endangered species—mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, invertebrates and plants—in 30 countries.
Over 100 partners—including Indigenous Peoples, scientists and governments—will work with the IUCN Species Survival Commission using breeding, habitat restoration and invasive-species control for species such as Madagascar’s golden-crowned sifaka, bowmouth guitarfish and the night parrot.