Actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s foundation has pledged $15 million in grants to environmental organizations, including the World Wildlife Fund, Amazon Watch, and Save the Elephants.
“The destruction of our planet continues at a pace we can no longer afford to ignore,” DiCaprio said in a statement. “We have a responsibility to innovate a future where the habitability of our planet does not come at the expense of those who inhabit it.”
DiCaprio has been a longtime supporter of conservation efforts.
In 2014 the United Nations named DiCaprio a UN Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change.
Leonardo DiCaprio rose to fame with the 1997 hit Titanic. (Photo: People Magazine)