The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) – a major new rainforest protection fund launched by Brazil at COP30 – is unlikely to make payments to rainforest countries until at least 2028, experts said, while it raises funds in financial markets.
The proposed new mechanism aims to pay rainforest countries for achieving low deforestation rates. Rather than depending on grants, the TFFF would seek t...
The TFFF presents a bold attempt to align financial markets with rainforest conservation, but its structure reveals both promise and potential pitfalls. At its strongest, the fund offers a scalable, market-based solution to a chronic underfunding crisis in nature protection. By leveraging public guarantees to attract private capital, it avoids the limitations of traditional grant-based aid, which has failed to close the $570 billion nature funding gap. The inclusion of non-UN mechanisms also pro...