G20 environment ministers back funding for forest conservation

Approval of Foundational Governing Document Is a Key Step in TFFF’s Operationalisation

The Tropical Forest Forever Facility signals a profound shift toward aligning investment and profit with conservation, write Marcos Vinicius Chiliatto, Vel Gnanendran and Michael Krake, Executive Directors from the World Bank Group. The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) — a novel mechanism to reward tropical forest countries for keeping their forests standing — tackles the […]

On November 11, the National Council of Extractive Populations (CNS) of Brazil published the following statement: The National Council of Extractive Populations (CNS) has been closely following and contributing to the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) initiative, recognizing it as an innovative and promising financial instrument to support forest conservation and improve the living conditions […]

This statement was originally published by Minderoo. Minderoo Foundation has invested US$10 million (A$15.4 million) of catalytic capital to the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) – a landmark global initiative designed to mobilise long-term finance for the conservation and restoration of tropical forests. The TFFF, launched under the leadership of President Luiz Inácio Lula da […]

STATEMENT: Brazil Launches Tropical Forests Forever Facility Belem, Brazil (November 6, 2025) – Today, at the COP30 Leaders’ Summit in Belém, the Brazilian COP30 presidency formally launched the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF), a mechanism to provide long-term, predictable financing to countries that protect and sustainably manage their tropical forests.   After initial contributions from Brazil, Indonesia, Norway and Portugal […]

Originally shared by WWF here. The bold investments announced today lay the foundation for a long-term, scalable solution. Belém, Brazil, 6 Nov. 2025 – WWF congratulates Brazil and partners including Norway, Indonesia, France and the 34 endorsing tropical forest countries for their visionary leadership in launching the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF). The bold investments announced today have […]

During a lunch at the Belém Climate Summit, President Lula received leaders from over 30 countries , the UN Secretary-General, and a representative from the World Bank Today, at the COP30 Leader’s Summit, in Belém, the Tropical Forest Forever Facility was officially launched during a high-level event with leaders of more than thirty countries – both tropical […]

This article was first published on Reuters. BELEM, Brazil, Nov 6 (Reuters) – Norway will contribute about $3 billion to the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, a multilateral fund proposed to support global conservation of endangered forests, the government said on Thursday, during a leaders’ summit ahead of the U.N. climate talks known as COP30. The donation, first […]

TFFF at COP 30 — Official Event Agenda During COP 30 in Belém, the Government of Brazil will hold several high-level events on the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF). These events will bring together ministers and government officials, private sector representatives including financial institutions, representatives of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, civil society organizations, among […]

The Economist Chopping down rainforests is daft. The social costs of clearing a typical patch of Brazilian Amazon are perhaps 30 times the benefits of rearing cows on it, by one estimate from 2023. The problem is, those costs, which include aggravating climate change, are spread across the entire world’s population, whereas the profits from cutting […]

Authored by Kirsten Schuijt – Director General of WWF International For too long, financial markets have perversely encouraged deforestation. Clearing trees for agriculture, mining or infrastructure yield more than keeping trees alive. This needs to change. Forests have an estimated value of $150 trillion – double the total value of all global stocks. Yet $409 billion in subsidies are […]

BRAZIL, 4 October 2025: Brazil’s Tropical Forest Forever Facility is today revealed as a 2025 Finalist for the world’s most prestigious and impactful environmental award, The Earthshot Prize. The Tropical Forest Forever Facility joins a historic coalition of leaders recognised for driving climate action and inspiring everyone to build a better future for people and […]

On September 3rd, the Global Alliance for Territorial Communities released a public statement on the results of GATC’s collective advocacy in the TFFF 3.0. Below is the full statement: The Brazilian government recently launched the proposal for the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) in its Concept Note 3.0. We at the Global Alliance of Territorial […]

Originally published in FAZ, authored by Katja Gelinsky Brazil aims to prevent deforestation with the help of a new international investment fund. Performance-based payments to tropical countries are planned. Climate protection and biodiversity conservation should be better integrated. This is the goal of the Brazilian government, as host of the next UN Climate Change Conference. […]

This statement of support was originally published here. Plant-for-the-Planet welcomes improvements to the Tropical Forest Forever Facility and calls on the German government to invest and closely scrutinize its implementation. Deforestation globally is rising. WRI reported skyrocketing forest loss in 2024, with millions of high-integrity tropical forests lost due to deforestation and forest fires. We need fair, fast, and […]

Statement of Support From WFFF (originally posted here). WWF welcomes the evolution and improvements in the Concept Note 3.0 of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), which reflects many of the recommendations made by stakeholders during the consultation process. We strongly call on supporter countries and private and philanthropic investors to mobilize capital to ensure a successful […]

This article was originally published in Climate Home News and is authored by Peter Graham. The world’s forests are essential to climate stability, biodiversity and sustainable development. Yet financial mechanisms to support their preservation remain limited. The expected launch of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) at the COP30 UN climate summit later this year […]

Opinion Editorial by Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin originally published in Environmental Finance. The Tropical Forest Forever Facility is a prime example of the innovation and cooperation needed to revive the development finance agenda, writes Mahmoud Mohieldin We are less than five years away from the deadline to meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, and we have […]

Opinion Editorial – Originally Published in Mongabay June 13th, 2025 – Tropical forests help regulate the global climate, host irreplaceable biodiversity and provide fresh water resources. Plus forests in general are the source of livelihoods for more than a billion people — so our very existence depends on them. However, because their value is not reflected in markets, these areas […]

Context News, 28th April 2025 by Sonia Guajajara, Minister of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, and Juan Carlos Jintiach, Executive Secretary Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (GATC). Long before conservation became a global concern, Indigenous peoples and local communities lived in balance with nature. For us, tropical forests are not only carbon sinks or biodiversity hotspots; […]

On April 22nd, Uma Concertação pela Amazônia and Página2, in partnership with the Climate and Society Institute (iCS), hosted a virtual CSOs engagement webinar on the Tropical Forest Forever Facility.  The event discussed what the TFFF is, how it will work, and who will benefit. Experts from civil society and the Brazilian government presented the […]

April 22nd, 2025 Environmental Finance Carlos Alvarado Quesada, Former President of Costa Rica The $125 billion Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) is an innovative approach to economic development that is more nimble than the traditional development grant system, writes Carlos Alvarado Quesada A coalition of Global North and Global South nations is preparing to launch […]

20th August, 2024 Folha The goal of zero deforestation in Brazil by 2030, proposed by President Lula (PT), is something that Environment Minister Marina Silva says she sees on the horizon Confident that the country will put an end to vegetation cutting, she has been working ahead to create a fund that rewards countries that […]

3rd October 2024 New York Times Manuela Andreoni What if financial markets treated trees like shareholders? Enter the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, a new fund that Brazil, which is home to about a third of the planet’s tropical forests, is pitching to the world and that would pay developing countries a fee for every hectare […]

22nd October, 2024 Project Syndicate Ajay Banga, Fernando Haddad, and Marina Silva WASHINGTON, DC/CALI, COLOMBIA – While forest carbon markets have created new revenue streams, they usually reward only those countries, communities, or project developers who are focused on reducing their emissions from deforestation. Something more is needed to tie financial rewards to forests that […]

16th December, 2024 Mongabay Mike DiGirolamo In 2023, at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, the Brazilian government proposed a new funding mechanism to help tropical nations keep their forests standing. They called it the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), and its incentive is relatively simple: using satellite monitoring in participating nations to determine which […]

23 December, 2024 Jenny Gonzales Mongabay Last month’s COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, left tropical forest countries frustrated yet again at the tepid promises and lack of urgency from the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters on tackling climate change. And yet even as this year’s meeting had been dubbed the “Climate COP” because of […]

30 January, 2025 World Resource Institute For more than 20 years, WRI has identified annual “stories to watch.” These are the year’s moments, issues and decisions that we believe will shape the future trajectory of the world. In the past, we’ve highlighted things like dangerous heat in cities, major elections and their effects on geopolitics, […]