Leonardo Di Caprio dona 5 millones para salvar el Amazonas

Leonardo DiCaprio ha sido un defensor del cambio climático desde siempre. El actor trata de concienciar al mundo en cada uno de los discursos que él realiza y las redes sociales sobre las devastadoras consecuencias en un futuro no muy lejano si no cuidamos y salvamos nuestro planeta. De esta misma forma lo dijo en el final de su discurso tras ganar el Oscar a mejor actor por la película ‘El Renacido’ en 2016: “El cambio climático es real, está sucediendo en este momento. Es la amenaza más urgente que enfrenta toda nuestra especie, y tenemos que trabajar juntos y dejar de dilatar. Tenemos que apoyar a los líderes de todo el mundo que no hablan por los grandes contaminadores ni grandes compañías, sino que hablan por toda la humanidad, por los pueblos indígenas del mundo, por los miles de millones y millones de personas desfavorecidas por ahí que se verán más afectadas por esto. Por los hijos de nuestros hijos, y por aquellas personas por ahí cuyas voces han sido ahogadas por la política de la avaricia. Muchas gracias a todos por este premio increíble esta noche. No tomemos este planeta por sentado. No tomo esta noche por sentado. Muchas gracias”.

Ahora estamos en 2019, y la labor de DiCaprio porque el planeta prospere no ha parado desde entonces; su fundación Earth Alliance, la cual se creó hace apenas un mes, ha recaudado y donado recientemente un fondo de 5 millones de dólares para tratar de poner fin a los incendios que llevan devastando estas semanas la selva tropical de la Amazonia. Leonardo DiCaprio creó la organización junto con los filántropos Laurene Powell Jobs y Brian Seth; además, el actor anunció en Instagram el lanzamiento de la compañía Amazon Forest Fund.

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#Regram #RG @earthalliance #EarthAlliance, launched in July by @LeonardoDiCaprio, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Brian Sheth, has formed an emergency Amazon Forest Fund with a commitment of $5 million dollars to focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region. Join Us. 100 percent of your donation will go to partners who are working on the ground to protect the Amazon. Earth Alliance is committed to helping protect the natural world. We are deeply concerned about the ongoing crisis in the Amazon, which highlights the delicate balance of climate, biodiversity, and the wellbeing of indigenous peoples. To learn more or to donate, please visit ealliance.org/amazonfund (see link in bio) Photos: @chamiltonjames, @danielbeltraphoto 2017

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#Regram #RG @chamiltonjames The real heroes of fires are of course the firefighters. In the Amazon they often work with nothing but machetes and leaf blowers and small tanks of fire suppressant. I worked with a troop of them in eastern Brazil back in 2017. It was tough hot and at times hopeless work. Some of them were Guajajara tribesmen who had dedicated their lives to protecting what was left of their ancestral forests – most had already been logged and burned. Some of them had been murdered for trying. It was brutal and tragic and we should all bow down to them for what they do – for so little money that they have to roll cigarettes with writing paper.

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La alianza entre el actor y los filántropos tras la creación de la compañía busca donaciones por todo el mundo para ayudar a reparar la selva brasileña, considerada “el pulmón del planeta”; días atrás de la publicación de su colaboración con Earth Alliance y la Amazon Forest Fund, DiCaprio no dudó en manifestar su enfado en Instagram hacia los medios de comunicación, que no han hecho apenas noticias de lo sucedido: “Es aterrador pensar que el Amazonas, que es la selva tropical más grande del planeta, que crea 20% del oxígeno de la Tierra y que es básicamente el pulmón del mundo, ha estado ardiendo y ardiendo durante los últimos 16 días consecutivos, ¡literalmente sin cobertura de los medios de comunicación en absoluto! ¿Por qué?”.

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#Regram #RG @rainforestalliance: The lungs of the Earth are in flames. 🔥 The Brazilian Amazon—home to 1 million Indigenous people and 3 million species—has been burning for more than two weeks straight. There have been 74,000 fires in the Brazilian Amazon since the beginning of this year—a staggering 84% increase over the same period last year (National Institute for Space Research, Brazil). Scientists and conservationists attribute the accelerating deforestation to President Jair Bolsonaro, who issued an open invitation to loggers and farmers to clear the land after taking office in January.⁣ ⁣ The largest rainforest in the world is a critical piece of the global climate solution. Without the Amazon, we cannot keep the Earth’s warming in check. ⁣ ⁣ The Amazon needs more than our prayers. So what can YOU do?⁣ ⁣ ✔ As an emergency response, donate to frontline Amazon groups working to defend the forest. ⁣ ✔ Consider becoming a regular supporter of the Rainforest Alliance’s community forestry initiatives across the world’s most vulnerable tropical forests, including the Amazon; this approach is by far the most effective defense against deforestation and natural forest fires, but it requires deep, long-term collaboration between the communities and the public and private sectors. ✔ Stay on top of this story and keep sharing posts, tagging news agencies and influencers. ⁣ ✔ Be a conscious consumer, taking care to support companies committed to responsible supply chains.⁣ Eliminate or reduce consumption of beef; cattle ranching is one of the primary drivers of Amazon deforestation. ✔ When election time comes, VOTE for leaders who understand the urgency of our climate crisis and are willing to take bold action—including strong governance and forward-thinking policy.⁣ ⁣ #RainforestAlliance #SaveTheAmazon #PrayForAmazonia #AmazonRainforest #ActOnClimate #ForestsResist #ClimateCrisis 📸: @mohsinkazmitakespictures / Windy.com

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