On the sidelines of UNFCCC COP30 in Belém, the Government of Brazil announced a new digital platform to help tropical forest countries access the newly established Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), a multi-sovereign mechanism designed to provide long-term, performance-based finance to countries that conserve their tropical forests.
The TFFF Country Access Platform will serve as a hub to provide knowledge, connecting tropical forest countries with technical partners to support them to meet TFFF eligibility criteria, and facilitating South-South collaboration. The Platform is open to all countries, voluntary, and will function independently of the governing structures of the TFFF.
Alongside the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Systemiq, a strong coalition of partners have committed to this effort, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the World Resources Institute (WRI), the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and Conservation International (CI).
The Platform builds on the historic launch of the TFFF which took place on 6 November, at the COP30 Leaders’ Summit in Belém, Brazil, where 53 countries endorsed the TFFF, including 34 tropical forest countries. Led by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil has played a catalytic role in designing and championing the TFFF, an innovative blended finance mechanism that will pay countries to keep forests standing. The Facility has already mobilised over US$ 6.7 billion in initial commitments, including $3 billion from Norway, $1 billion each from Brazil and Indonesia, and pledges from France, Portugal, the Netherlands, and others.
The TFFF represents a paradigm shift in global environmental finance, blending sovereign, philanthropic, and private capital to create a permanent mechanism to fund forest conservation. It guarantees that at least 20 percent of funds will flow directly to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, recognizing their central role in forest stewardship.
Brazil welcomes the launch of the Platform by UNDP and Systemiq and thanks technical partners for their support to accompany tropical forest countries in this next phase. The role of the Platform is to streamline country requests for support to meet the TFFF eligibility criteria and to promote efficient, effective and transparent support.
Since mid-2024, UNDP and Systemiq have been involved to co-design and launch the TFFF and will continue to accompany countries through the Country Access Platform and to coordinate an efficient hub of partners – from developing the digital hub, engaging technical partners and building the necessary financial and institutional frameworks to manage and disburse funds, to accessing their first TFFF payments.
