Tropical Forests Forever Facility
Brazil’s Alternative
The Government of Brazil launched the ‘Tropical Forests Forever Facility’, a new investment instrument which would pay tropical forest countries to preserve their standing forests, at the COP30 Leader’s Summit on November 6, 2025 in Belém, Brazil.
Designers of the Facility consulted with rainforest countries, donor countries, central bankers, and conservation groups throughout the year. The rules call for a ‘direct access’ portion of the funding, a minimum 20 percent, to be provided to Indigenous Peoples and community groups, a requirement which Brazil insisted on. Conservation leaders have noted that while the Facility has strong anti-deforestation provisions, the tricker question of how to handle forest degradation is still being worked out.
Organizers hoped to initially raise $25 billion from developed countries and $125 billion from a range of sources. But by year’s end, only $6.7 billion had been pledged by Brazil, Germany, Indonesia and Norway. Holdouts so far include Canada, China, the U.K. and the U.S.
The TFFF Concept Note is here.
The Brazilian Ministry of Finance provides this information page about the Facility.
Good background information about the Facility can be found here.
The Brazilian Ministry of Finance provides this information page about the Facility.
CLARA members have expressed a range of views on the TFFF.
Fern (October 2025)
Global Forest Coalition (November 2025)
The Tables Turn Against the TFFF
Greenpeace (May 2025)
Griffith University and Wild Heritage (April 2025)
Comments on Tropical Forest Forever Facility Concept Note V.2