Leonardo DiCaprio’s nonprofit Earth Alliance, will be putting $5 million towards the Amazon to help with the fires. The money will be given to local groups and indigenous communities that are working to protect the Amazon. Fires in the rainforest are up almost 85% this year. 

This is the first initiative from Leonardo’s nonprofit that was recently founded by him, businesswoman and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, and investor and philanthropist Brian Sheth.

 Instagram he wrote,  

“Earth Alliance is committed to helping protect the natural world. We are deeply concerned about the ongoing crisis in the Amazon, which highlights the delicate balance of climate, biodiversity, and the wellbeing of indigenous peoples.”