100 species on the brink get a $200m conservation lifeline
Recovery projects for 100 critically endangered and extinct-in-the-wild species across the world are set to receive new funding under a conservation initiative announced Aug. 4. Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund, both U.S.-based environmental organizations, created the Phoenix Species Project and committed $100 million each, for a total of $200 million, to the project. The […]
The Phoenix Species Project, an ambitious conservation initiative, has secured a $200 million funding commitment from Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund to save 100 critically endangered and extinct-in-the-wild species worldwide. Each species is expected to receive between $500,000 and $1 million over the course of a five-year project.
Among the 100 species are Mexico's Charco Azul pupfish, which went extinct in the wild in 1997 due to a devastating drought, and Madagascar's golden-crowned sifaka, a critically endangered lemur whose population has declined by approximately 80% due to rampant deforestation. The new funding will enable local NGOs to reconnect fragmented forests for the lemurs and protect the pupfish.
Tiana Andriamanana, executive director of Association Fanamby, the Malagasy NGO leading conservation efforts for the lemur, expressed gratitude for the support. The project, which has already selected all 100 species across 30 countries, will finalize funding amounts on a rolling basis as proposals are submitted.
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