November 6, 2025
Belém, Brazil (Nov. 6, 2025)– Today in Belém, Brazil, global leaders convened for the World Leaders Summit ahead of COP30 which will begin next Monday. The moment marked the official launch of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), with a collective investment of USD $5.5 billion. This follows an initial US$ 1 billion committed by Brazil earlier this year.
More information on the TFFF can be found below.
Conservation International-Brazil Vice President Mauricio Bianco says:
“The protection of tropical forests cannot be seen as an optional or secondary investment, given the global economy’s enormous dependence on the environmental services they provide — regulating the climate, rainfall, and preserving biodiversity.
“Forest conservation is a response to two planetary crises of our century: climate change and biodiversity loss. These are threats that require financial commitments commensurate with their scale. The resources provided by the TFFF will be predictable and steady, reaching the populations on the front lines of environmental preservation at a necessary scale.
“The TFFF is a financial instrument that puts us on the right path, one that aligns with the logic of the financial world. It is therefore imperative that it be put into operation as quickly as possible.
“To that end, the support we saw today for the TFFF must be followed by other nations and financial actors. New contributions are also expected to be announced in the coming days.
“Conservation International has contributed through science and technical expertise to ensure that this innovative financial instrument becomes a watershed in global nature financing.”
Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF): A Call for Immediate Global Action
The world stands at a critical crossroads in the face of the dual crises of the climate emergency and the rapid loss of biodiversity. Although nature provides one-third of the global climate solution, it receives less than 3% of worldwide climate financing. This asymmetry reveals a profound paradox: the planet depends on tropical forests and other critical ecosystems, yet we still fail to invest in them at the scale required.
In this urgent context, the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) emerges as an innovative, essential, and strategic financing solution—designed to permanently protect tropical forests, the biological and climatic pillars of our planet.
Investment in the TFFF is not a grant. It is a direct investment in prosperity, health, and the future security of all global citizens. It is also a financial investment, with returns in line with the market. But it is, in its essence, a structure built to deliver predictable, long-term, and large-scale financing—crucial for effectively protecting the world’s most vital ecosystems—while ensuring that traditional communities and Indigenous Peoples, who steward climate critical and biodiverse forests, are not left behind. Its role is critical across three interconnected fronts:
- Addressing the climate crisis: Tropical forests are the planet’s largest terrestrial carbon sinks. Making the TFFF operational means ensuring that these ecosystems continue to absorb greenhouse gas emissions and preventing the release of billions of tons of stored carbon.
- Combating biodiversity loss: Tropical forests are home to the richest variety of life on Earth. The TFFF provides the resources needed to protect—and even restore—habitats, slowing ecological collapse and safeguarding the natural capital and ecosystem services on which the global economy depends.
- Social inclusion and climate justice: At the heart of the TFFF lies the recognition that Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Communities are the most effective stewards of forests. The TFFF is designed to channel resources directly and transparently to these groups, ensuring that forest protection is inseparable from social inclusion, respect for human rights, and land tenure—strengthening their capacity for territorial and traditional management.
Now is the time for all countries—especially developed nations and those with greater financial capacity—to demonstrate leadership and responsibility. The protection of tropical forests cannot be treated as an optional or secondary investment but as a global security imperative. The scale and urgency of the crisis demand financial commitments that match the threat.
Every day of delay in implementation is a day of irreversible forest loss and a missed opportunity to stabilize our climate.
Financing for nature must come from multiple sources—public, private, and innovative—because public funds alone are not enough. The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF)stands as a concrete example of this new generation of financial mechanisms, designed to ensure predictability and scale in the hands of forest protectors. Likewise, high-integrity carbon markets including Article 6 play a complementary and essential role, attracting private capital for conservation and restoration efforts. Results based payments also remain an important tool in climate finance for nature. Together, these instruments form a more resilient financial architecture, capable of maintaining momentum and ensuring nature’s protection. Diversifying and strengthening these sources is the only way to sustain global progress and close the funding gap.
Together, we can and must ensure that the Tropical Forest Forever Facility becomes the success our planet so urgently needs. The future of our forests—and our own future—depends on our immediate and collective action.
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