Jump forward to last week and during COP15 in Montreal, Canada, he announced a $3.5M pledge to Junglekeepers.
Junglekeepers work to preserve the Las Piedras River which is near Madre de Dios, Peru’s capital of biodiversity.
This region, which is a part of the Amazon Basin.
It has pristine rainforests and some of the richest and most complex biodiverse ecosystems on earth.
The Amazon rainforest or the “lungs of the earth,” is thought to supply more than 20% of the planet’s oxygen.
“With this announcement, Age of Union will give Junglekeepers the means to oversee and execute joint conservation efforts with local conservationists.
Along the Las Piedras River, sharing the mission to protect an area of global significance,” says Dax Dasilva, Founder of Age of Union Alliance.