Conservation International has received $35 million from Intel Corp. co-founder Gordon Moore to establish an international group devoted to finding and resolving critical threats to the environment, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

The new Center for Applied Biodiversity Science will be based in Conservation International's Washington headquarters. The center will work to identify the gravest threats to international biodiversity, prepare strategies for countering these threats and work with other groups to take action, the Chronicle reports.

Edward O. Wilson, an author and evolutionary biology professor at Harvard University, will be chairman of the center's advisory council. The executive director will be Gustavo Fonseca, vice president of Conservation International's Brazil programs.

The gift was made in the name of Moore, chairman emeritus of Intel, and his wife, Betty.

The center's initial priorities will be resolving the problems associated with logging, mining and other industrial processes, according to Conservation International.

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