In addition to his philanthropic efforts, Dicaprio also does campaigning through his website and on social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter. Comprising of more than 20 million followers, DiCaprio makes use of these platforms to regularly inform the public and raise awareness of the environmental issues that we face today.
LDF also collaborates with other organizations and celebrities to protect nature from the devastating effects of human activity.
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One such collaboration is with the WWF. In the beginning of 2010, LDF teamed up with them to launch the Save Tigers Now campaign. Their goal is to raise awareness of the dangers faced by tigers and to rally support to save them from these dangers. LDF has also been donating to this cause, as mentioned in the previous philanthropy section. Their donations have also already been showing results, with the tigers in Terai’s Bardia National Park growing from an estimated 18 to 50 tigers.
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In 2012, DiCaprio joined International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to call for an end to elephant poaching and the illegal ivory trade. He serves as a global ambassador for IFAW’s Animal Action program – an international public awareness and educational initiative that reaches out to communities in more than 18 countries each year. Under this program, they encourage people to sign pledges, create art and write letters.
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DiCaprio also serves as an ambassador for the Antarctic Ocean Alliance (AOA). The AOA’s mission is to safeguard the Antarctic Oceans and species like whales, seals and penguins that live there. Because Russia has, for many years, led scientific and research efforts in the Antarctic, the organizations is calling on the Russian government to step up and lead the way in protecting the Southern Ocean wilderness.
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Apart from protecting habitats, DiCaprio also calls for support to join him and Project AWARE in efforts to secure limits on shark and ray trade. Through Project AWARE’s petition, he urges officials from countries around the world to list sharks and rays under Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and to keep international trade at sustainable levels.
Most recently, DiCaprio has been appointed as a UN Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change, by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He was asked to address the UN Climate Summit 2014, which was help on 23 September. The Summit brings leaders from government, business, finance and civil society together to promote climate action for a healthy planet with sustainable economic growth and better standards of living for all. This is the statement he gave at the Summit: