Amazon founder Jeff Bezos donated $12 million to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute this month, funding the GEO-TREES database project at their Panama facility.
Bezos, one of the richest men on the planet, donated $12 million to the"The Bezos Earth Fund is pleased to support and partner on this powerful project to use decades of long-term data to understand forest carbon," said Bezos Earth Fund Managing Director and Leader for Nature Solutions Cristián Samper.
Samper added, "There are very few places like the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, where the tropical rainforest has been studied for 100 years. The longevity of tropical research at the Smithsonian, together with the expansion of a global network of forest study sites, will help address the climate crisis we face in a way not possible anywhere else."
"The GEO-TREES project is as exciting as it is essential for our detailed understanding of the interplay between tropical forests and carbon capture," Smithsonian secretary Lonnie Bunch said in an announcement of the grant.
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