Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF), in partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute launch merchandise
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The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF), in partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute, is proud to launch a two-week flash sale of exclusive merchandise honoring the five iconic species of apes: gibbons, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans.
The statistics on the decline of ape species are heartbreaking. Every species of ape is classified by the IUCN as threatened or worse, with gorillas and orangutans listed as critically endangered.
Human industries like agriculture, logging, oil and gas drilling, mining, dam building, and the construction of new roads, in addition to climate change, have destroyed and fragmented critical ape landscapes. In fact, in the past two decades, nearly half of apes’ natural habitat has been lost. Tragically, apes are also falling victim to illegal trade and trafficking.
If we do not take serious action now, many apes will face extinction in as little as 20 years.
With urgency in mind, LDF supports high-impact projects worldwide through collaborative partnerships with the most effective organizations on the ground. Proceeds from this campaign will support the protection of key ape populations and habitats, with the goal of ensuring great apes’ long-term survival.
About the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
Since 1998, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF) has been on a mission to protect the Earth’s last wild places, implementing solutions that restore balance to threatened ecosystems, and ensure the long-term health and well-being of all its inhabitants.
Through grant making, public campaigns and media initiatives, LDF brings attention and needed funding to three areas: protecting biodiversity, ocean & forest conservation, and climate change. The Foundation works in close collaboration with a broad network of environmental leaders and experts, effective organizations, and committed philanthropists to identify and support innovative, results-driven projects in the world’s most wild and threatened ecosystems. LDF has supported over 200 high-impact projects around the world. For more information visit: www.leonardodicaprio.org.
The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation is a registered 501c3 not for profit organization. Its EIN is: 81-2932097.
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