AMAZONIA RISING
2ND GLOBAL SUMMIT ON INVESTING IN THE AMAZON
NOVEMBER 28 - DECEMBER 9, 2022
Catalyzing investments to protect and restore Amazon forests
A virtual action Summit that united philanthropists, investors, companies, indigenous leaders, and allies to flip the economic script on Amazon deforestation.
We believe the forest is worth more alive and standing,than cut and burned.
Hundreds joined us to co-create this new economic reality.
Hundreds joined us to co-create this new economic reality.
10
days of programming
40+
sessions
3
simultaneous languages
(EN, PT, SP)
BIG PICTURE
Plenary sessions, opened to all relevant stakeholders, inspired ‘big picture’ grounding and integral thinking about forest protection and investable opportunities in the Amazon bioeconomy. Themes included blended finance, catalytic philanthropy, rights-based development, conservation investing, and more.
HANDS-ON GROUPS
Small group sessions, limited to select participants, fostered partnership development and deep learning among philanthropists, investors, corporations, local Amazonians and select leaders. Peer-to-peer exchange and expert panelists oriented regional and global leaders on navigating the ins and outs of Amazon investing–including carbon markets, agroforestry, biodiversity credits, land rights, impact measurement, biocultural protections, and much more.
MARKETPLACE
Networking and sessions showcasing nature-positive startups and funds featured some of the Amazon region’s most innovative strategies, businesses and financing vehicles for creating value around biodiversity protection, ecosystem restoration, and community wellbeing. Pitching sessions for nature-positive products appealed to corporate buyers who sought to buy Amazonian fruits, nuts, oils, fibers, fish, cocoa and other high-value products that could outcompete the deforestation economy and transform Amazonian supply chains.
DIRECT FROM THE AMAZON
Two days of the Summit (Nov 29 and 30) featured key plenaries from the Festival on Impact and Sustainable Business Investing in the Amazon (FIINSA). Brought to us by AMAZ, Idesam, and the Impact Hub Manaus, the FIINSA forum in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, provided an opportunity for Amazonian stakeholders to connect in person on social finance, R&D, business acceleration and impact investing across the Amazon Basin. The key plenaries from this in-person forum were live-streamed to the virtual Summit’s global audience to help connect local and global efforts.
LOCAL DINNERS
Drawing from a global audience, we supported local in-person dinners in major cities around the world on December 3rd, 2022 in celebration of the Amazon. If you are interested in hosting or joining such dinners, write to dinners@amazoninvestor.org
The Amazonia Rising Summit aimed to foster genuine and lasting connections among peers and change agents committed to a forest-positive, socially inclusive Amazon bioeconomy.
Photo credit: Sebastião Salgado
