Could a $125 Billion Investment Fund Halt Global Deforestation?

The world doesn’t need another climate fund

SYDNEY – Brazil has announced plans to launch a $125 billion fund for the protection of tropical forests. It is a key element of the country’s plan to ensure the success of the next United Nations Cli...

Could a $125 billion investment fund halt global deforestation?

The Tropical Forests Forever Facility, an initiative spearheaded by Brazil, would raise money from investments and pay countries to preserve forests – can it succeed where carbon markets have failed?

Record decrease in Brazil deforestation in 2024: Report

Deforestation slowed in all of Brazil's nature biomes for the first time in six years in 2024, according to a report issued months before the country hosts a major UN climate conference.

The agricultural border of the Matopiba region that covers Tocantins and parts of Marañao, Piauí and Bahia concentrated 75% of the deforestation of the Cerrado and 42% of all the native vegetation loss of the country in 2023. However, compared to the previous year, there was a 40% drop in illegal logging. According to the technical coordinator of MapBiomas, Marcos Rosa, the largest focus of forest loss is concentrated in this region. Rosa detail…

Brazil sees first nationwide slowdown in deforestation in six years

Deforestation slowed across all of Brazil’s major ecosystems in 2024 for the first time in six years, according to a report by MapBiomas, a monitoring network. The findings come as Brazil prepares to host COP30 in November.