Leonardo DiCaprio Helps Launch Massive ‘Rewild’ Operation In The Galapagos
Ten-year program will work to save endangered species, battle illegal fishing and ocean pollution, and repair damage from unsustainable ecotourism.
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The effort will involve Re:wild, an organization founded this year by conservation scientists and DiCaprio, the Galápagos National Park Directorate, Island Conservation, a nonprofit from Santa Cruz, California, local communities and several other supporting organizations and government departments. it will focus on the Galapagos Islands, but will also include all Latin American Pacific archipelagos.
“Although islands are only 5% of the earth’s land mass, they hold most of the biodiversity that we have in the world,” said Paula Castaño, a conservation specialist and wildlife veterinarian. “Taking this opportunity to re-wild, restore these islands … the impact that we can have here is higher than anywhere else.”
Ten-year program will work to save endangered species, battle illegal fishing and ocean pollution, and repair damage from unsustainable ecotourism.
Leonardo DiCaprio leads $43m pledge to restore the Galápagos Islands
Actor partners with conservation groups in aim to rewild archipelago and other Pacific islands in Latin America
The effort will involve Re:wild, an organization founded this year by conservation scientists and DiCaprio, the Galápagos National Park Directorate, Island Conservation, a nonprofit from Santa Cruz, California, local communities and several other supporting organizations and government departments. it will focus on the Galapagos Islands, but will also include all Latin American Pacific archipelagos.
“Although islands are only 5% of the earth’s land mass, they hold most of the biodiversity that we have in the world,” said Paula Castaño, a conservation specialist and wildlife veterinarian. “Taking this opportunity to re-wild, restore these islands … the impact that we can have here is higher than anywhere else.”
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