Intel's Co-founder Gordon Moore takes a green pledge

Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel has pledged more than $261 million to be given over 10 year period to Conservation International. This is the largest grant ever given by an individual or company to a private environmental group.

The main focus of research to be carried out with grant funds is to identify and protect the earth's biodiversity hot spots. These areas cover just about 1.4% of the Earth but are home to more than 2/3rds of all the terrestrial species present on the planet.

This is the second fund giving exercise that the foundation has been involved in, in the past few months. In October of this year, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation donated $600 million to the California Institute of Technology.