'A game changer that will help safeguard humanity': Philanthropies pledge record $5bn for nature protection

Cecilia Keating
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Dozens of countries have now publicly backed the '30 by 30' goal
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Dozens of countries have now publicly backed the '30 by 30' goal

Bezos Earth Fund, Nia Tero, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Wyss Foundation among the nine philanthropic organisations behind record private funding announcement

Nine philanthropic organisations have collectively pledged to provide $5bn for projects that advance progress towards a goal of protecting 30 per cent of land and ocean by 2030, in a donation that has...

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