Brazil pledges US$1bn to Tropical Forests Fund

Brazil announced it will invest US$1 billion in the Tropical Forests Forever Fund (TFFF) during the fund’s opening session on 23 September 2025 at the United Nations in New York; the fund is scheduled to be officially launched at COP30 in Belém in November 2025.

• Main action: Brazil committed US$1 billion as the first formal pledge to the TFFF and invited partners to make similarly ambitious contributions so the fund can enter operation at COP30 (November 2025, Belém, Pará, Brazil). The TFFF aims to cover ~1.1 billion hectares across 73 developing countries, set a maintenance target of deforestation below 0.5%, and proposes payments of up to US$4 per hectare conserved.
• Background and implementation details: The TFFF was advanced by Brazil since COP28 (Dubai, 2023); five tropical-forest countries already in the initiative are Colombia, Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, and Malaysia, and five potential investor countries involved in founding discussions are Germany, United Arab Emirates, France, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Financial projections include an initial investor contribution of up to US$25 billion to potentially leverage US$100 billion of private senior capital, and the mechanism aims to generate about US$4 billion per year for conservation. Operational rules include annual satellite monitoring (INPE cited as an example), beneficiary countries presenting annual reports, a ban on investing in fossil-fuel projects, and reserving 20% of resources for indigenous peoples and traditional communities.