Jeff Bezos unveils first cohort of recipients of $10bn Earth Fund

Cecilia Keating
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World Wildlife Fund, World Resources Institute and Environmental Defense Fund among those to secure six figure donations in $791 funding round

Jeff Bezos has this week revealed the first wave of recipients to clinch funding from his $10bn Earth Fund, exactly nine months after the billionaire Amazon founder launched the programme to support the...

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