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Forest Pavilion at COP30 | Belém, Brazil

Daily Programme

All event times are listed in Belém local time (GMT-3).

Saturday, 15 November 2025

 

10:00am – 11:00am
Grand opening of the Forest Pavilion

The Forest Pavilion formally opens with a call for collective action to protect and restore the world’s forests. Speakers highlight forests as essential to climate stability, biodiversity, livelihoods, and cultural heritage, underscoring the central role of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and forest workers. Brazil emphasizes that there is no climate solution without safeguarding forests, presenting recent progress in reducing deforestation and the need for sustainable management and long-term finance, including the Tropical Forests Forever Facility. Canada highlighted the importance of collaboration in addressing global challenges, such as wildfires, outlining that while forest challenges are urgent, they are not insurmountable. Partners from the United Kingdom, Japan, the CPF, the FSC, CBFP, and Building and Wood Workers International reaffirm the need for cooperation, inclusive governance, and rights-based approaches to advance a living forest economy that benefits people and planet.

Speakers include:

  • Minister Marina Silva, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change of Brazil
  • Mr. Emmanuel Kamarianakis, Ambassador of Canada to Brazil
  • Ms. Ruth Davies, UK Special Representative for Nature
  • Mr. Tanimura Eiji, Deputy Director-General of the Forestry Agency of Japan
  • Ms. Subhra Bhattacharjee, Director General of FSC
  • Ambassador Ms. Aurélie Flore Koumba Pambo, CBFP Co-Facilitator for the Gabonese Republic
  • Mr. Wu Zhimin, CPF Chair/Director of FAO Forestry Division (virtual)
  • Mr. Per Olof Sjöo, President, Building and Wood Workers’ International

 

 

Session theme

Climate finance for sustainable forest management (SFM)

This session explores how climate and forest finance support sustainable forest management by linking performance-based payments, innovative financing instruments and regional cooperation. It highlights pathways to align public and private investments with national forest policies and to ensure that resources reach Indigenous Peoples, local communities and forest authorities.

Lead: Brazil
Co-lead: Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry Center (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Contributors: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

11:00am – 12:30pm

Revisiting REDD+ and public finance for forests: Are real impacts visible on the ground? (CIFOR-ICRAF)

This session examines how REDD+, ecological fiscal transfers and emerging instruments such as Forest-Linked Loans perform on the ground. It draws on experiences from Indonesia, Brazil, Uganda and Mongolia to assess results for forest conservation and for Indigenous Peoples, local communities and smallholders living in productive forest landscapes.

Key message: Performance-based forest finance is most effective when it is embedded in national systems, combines innovative instruments with strong monitoring, and delivers equitable benefits to Indigenous Peoples, local communities and smallholders.

12:45pm – 2:15pm

Panel
Accessing the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF): Supporting countries to meet the eligibility criteria (Brazil / GM-MMA)

This panel presents the eligibility framework of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility and the design of its Access Support Platform. It outlines how countries assess their readiness in areas such as environmental monitoring, public financial management, grievance mechanisms and direct allocations for Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and how partners can align support to close identified gaps.

Key message: A clear access framework and practical readiness tools allow tropical forest countries to move from diagnostics to disbursement and to channel predictable, performance-based forest payments, including dedicated allocations for Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

4:15pm – 6:00pm

Amazon Network of Forest Authorities (RAFO) for the implementation of sustainable forest management (SFM) (ACTO)

This session presents the Amazon Network of Forest Authorities (RAFO) as a regional mechanism under the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization for coordinating sustainable forest management policies across eight Amazon countries. It shares successful national experiences, identifies common challenges and discusses opportunities to strengthen joint action against deforestation and forest degradation.

Key message: Regional cooperation through RAFO strengthens forest governance in the Amazon, enabling countries to align national actions with COP30 and UNFF commitments and to replicate sustainable forest management practices across the region.