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Showing Original Post only (View all)Finally, a billionaire who says he'll spend his money on preserving Earth. [View all]
https://returntonow.net/2018/11/24/wyoming-billionaire-pledges-to-protect-30-of-the-planet-by-2030/?fbclid=IwAR0sOdeqMU68vHBUaS8nK4RyJBWJp7TAG7423WTCZYxLNimheWkjajeZ0HQ
The 83-year-old Swiss-born steel magnate Hansjörg Wyss whos now an avid outdoorsman living in Wyoming has already donated $450 million to protect 40 million acres of land and water across the globe since the establishment of the Wyss Foundation in 1998.
Wyss has also supported anti-poaching efforts, river restoration projects, African national park improvements, rails-to-trails initiatives and land conversation in his beloved adopted home, the American West.
The new Wyss Campaign for Nature adds $1 billion more toward those efforts.
Already, the campaign has identified nine locally led conservation projects spread across 13 countries 10 million acres of land and 17,000 square kilometers of ocean in total that will receive $48 million in assistance, Mother Nature Network reports.
The first nine conservation projects to receive grants are:
1. Aconquija National Park and the National Reserve Project in Argentina
2. The Ansenuza National Park Project, also in Argentina
3. Costa Ricas proposed Corcovado Marine Reserve
4. The multi-country Caribbean Marine Protected Areas initiative
5. The Andes Amazon Fund, which impacts Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Brazil and Guyana
6. Romanias Fundatia Conservation Carpathia, which spearheads conservation efforts in the Carpathian Mountains
7. The Edéhzhíe Dehcho Protected Area and National Wildlife Area in Canadas Northwest Territories
8. Australias Nimmie-Caira Project
9. The Gonarezhou National Park Project in Zimbabwe
Funds will be granted to additional projects over the next 10 years.
I believe this ambitious goal is achievable because Ive seen what can be accomplished, Wyss writes in an editorial for the New York Times.
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Finally, a billionaire who says he'll spend his money on preserving Earth. [View all]
ancianita
Nov 2020
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People like him have the ability to save our earth. And I'm glad to see he is the
Maraya1969
Nov 2020
#1
Billionaires can set up Trusts and Foundations that continue to operate long after they are gone
Midnight Writer
Nov 2020
#3
As billionaires go, he's around 289 on Forbes. Your idea of Earth trusts is THE best idea!
ancianita
Nov 2020
#10
Yes he is. He also told us in the debates that big corporations have taken control of our government
jalan48
Nov 2020
#7
Who hasn't. But saving humans hasn't been 'all of a piece' in saving huge land base ecosystems,
ancianita
Nov 2020
#20
I was joking. I've read a bit on philanthropy in my day, and have visted the Gates' site, thanks.
ancianita
Nov 2020
#25
Just a touch of sarcasm, not a pile of it, since the public isn't as aware of the long
ancianita
Nov 2020
#27
Wait, one got public atttention years after its building -- the Svalbard global seed vault.
ancianita
Nov 2020
#14
Great. I must have missed it. This should be part of some Climate links archive we can
ancianita
Nov 2020
#23