{
  "id": 165896,
  "title": "Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeff Bezos lead $200M project to save world's 100 most threatened species",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/leonardo-dicaprio-jeff-bezos-lead-200m-project-to-save-worlds-100",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-05T07:19:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "VnExpress International",
    "slug": "vnexpress-international",
    "url": "https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/environment/leonardo-dicaprio-jeff-bezos-lead-200m-project-to-save-world-s-100-most-threatened-species-5105425.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched a $200 million project to save the world's 100 most threatened species, the Phoenix Species Project. The collaboration between DiCaprio's Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund marks the largest single fund in history dedicated exclusively to recovering critically endangered species. The initiative was born from a meeting in 2021 between DiCaprio, Re:wild co-founder Wes Sechrest, Amazon billionaire Bezos, and his wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos. The project aims to provide long-term support to various endangered species, including the golden-crowned sifaka, Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander, Visayan warty pig, Cozumel harvest mouse, pink land iguana, Malayan pangolin, Tanzania's pancake tortoise, and Attenborough's long-beaked echidna. Tiana Andriamanana, executive director of Association Fanamby, expressed gratitude for the initiative, stating that it changes what is possible in protecting vulnerable species.",
  "summary": "Foundations funded and co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched an initiative committing US$200 million to revive 100 of Earth's most threatened species, including endangered lemurs, salamanders, pangolins, pigs and echidnas.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Space.com",
        "title": "CNN dives into how Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are backing NASA's race to the moon against China (exclusive clip)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/cnn-dives-into-how-elon-musk-and-jeff-bezos-are-backing-nasas-race-to",
        "published": "2026-08-03T22:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Fast Company",
        "title": "This $200M project funded by Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio aims to save Earth’s most threatened species",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/this-200m-project-funded-by-jeff-bezos-and-leonardo-dicaprio-aims-to",
        "published": "2026-08-04T14:05:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Scientific American",
        "title": "Project backed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos aims to save 100 critically endangered species",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/project-backed-by-leonardo-dicaprio-and-jeff-bezos-aims-to-save-100",
        "published": "2026-08-04T15:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Leo DiCaprio teams with Jeff and Lauren Sanchez Bezos on $200 million plan to save 100 endangered species",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/leo-dicaprio-teams-with-jeff-and-lauren-sanchez-bezos-on-200-million",
        "published": "2026-08-05T13:01:58.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}