Tropical Forest Finance
AIC Contributes to a New SDSN and SPA Policy Brief
The Amazon Investor Coalition (AIC) contributed to the development of the policy brief Scaling Tropical Forest Finance: Perspectives From the Amazon Basin, the Congo Basin, and Borneo, published in 2026 by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), through Marcelo Cwerner’s participation in the technical review process. The work also benefited from contributions by representatives of the World Bank, BNDES, WWF, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Asian Development Bank, as well as strategic guidance from the Technical-Scientific Secretariat of the Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA). With particular relevance to the Amazon, the study examines pathways to scale financing for tropical forests, highlighting that the Amazon Basin, the Congo Basin, and Borneo together account for approximately 78% of the world’s remaining tropical forests and face an estimated financing gap of US$66.8 billion by 2030. The solutions outlined include territorial and landscape approaches, blended finance, long-term financing, greater direct access to resources for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, and the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), reinforcing the importance of aligning capital, conservation, and sustainable development.
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