Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos put $200m behind desperate bid to save 100 species

A $200 million conservation project, backed by Leonardo DiCaprio's Re:wild and Jeff Bezos' Bezos Earth Fund, aims to save 100 of the world's most endangered species. The Phoenix Species Project targets these critically endangered species across 30 countries, ranging from tropical forests to oceans. The goal is to not only slow population declines but also recover species on the brink of extinction using long-term funding.

Selected species include the golden-crowned sifaka, Malayan pangolin, Visayan warty pig, pink land iguana, and Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna. The project, led by Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund, will support conservation breeding, habitat restoration, disease management, and controlling invasive species. Organisers hope this substantial investment will enable conservation programmes to operate sustainably for years or even decades, ultimately ensuring future generations can witness these species in the wild.