In many ways, 2021 proved just as difficult a year as the previous one: a world still grappling with a pandemic claiming countless lives and upending the economies and livelihoods of nations across the globe. Amid this tragedy, the highly anticipated COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, while considered a step forward in many ways, […]
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Re:wild Non-Profit To Help Rewild Galapagos Islands
The $43 million effort to restore the Galapagos island chain launched just this week.
May 21, 2021
Galapagos tortoise. Photo courtesy Re:wild
An environmental organization cofounded by Leonardo DiCaprio this week announced that it will work, in partnership with the Galápagos National Park Directorate, Island Conservation and the local communities on the islands, to help restore, protect and rewild the Galápagos islands.
Paula A. Castaño, a wildlife veterinarian and island restoration specialist with Island Conservation will work with Re:wild, the Galápagos National Park, local communities and other partners, in an effort to reintroduce several endangered species back onto the islands.