Andes mountains
The Vallunaraju mountain stands high in the Andes, early morning in Huaraz, Peru,
Swiss philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss spending $1 billion on conservation
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. The Wyss Foundation is donating $8.5 million to the Andes Amazon Fund, which protects forests in the headwaters of the Amazon River basin.
Hansjörg Wyss, a Swiss philanthropist, has pledged $1 billion to land and ocean conservation.
The Wyss Foundation wants to help preserve 30% of the planet’s wild lands and oceans by 2030.
Greg Zimmerman, the communications director at the Wyss Campaign for Nature, said the foundation has already donated more than $66 million.
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