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Global forests are still in crisis — and the data shows precisely where ambition must rise. The Forest Declaration Assessment 2025 finds deforestation 63% above the 2030 pathway, finance flows far below pledges, restoration covering just 10.6M hectares, and livelihoods undermined by insecure rights and illegal deforestation. At Amazonia Impact Ventures, we see this as a roadmap: align capital, scale bioeconomy solutions, and empower communities to keep forests standing.

High in the Andes, the Amazon is born. As COP30 convenes in Belém, Amazonia Impact Ventures highlights the urgent need for climate finance to reach the Andean Amazon. Community‑led initiatives already protect forests, strengthen value chains, and prove that empowering local leadership delivers real impact for people and planet.

No alto dos Andes nasce a Amazônia, fonte de quase metade da água doce da floresta. Na COP30, a Amazonia Impact Ventures convoca líderes e investidores a direcionar financiamento climático para a região andina, fortalecendo comunidades locais e cadeias de valor que mantêm a floresta em pé.

The UNEP 2025 report finds forest finance must rise from US$84bn (2023) to US$300bn by 2030, yet only 0.4% of funding targets Indigenous Peoples and local communities. AIV’s blended, impact‑linked finance model directly responds by de‑risking private capital for community‑led NTFP value chains and measurable forest protection.

Impact Alpha’s Erik Stein spotlights how Amazonia Impact Ventures is redefining impact finance in the Amazon by partnering with Indigenous governance to co-develop community-owned processing hubs for macambo, açaí, guayusa and other non-timber forest products.

The world’s tropical forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, with wildfires overtaking agriculture as the leading cause of destruction. On World Biodiversity Day 2025, we must confront the stark reality: 6.7 million hectares of primary forest lost, biodiversity threatened, and global pledges off track. Amazonia Impact Ventures is driving change through sustainable partnerships and responsible investment. Join us in shaping a future where forests and communities thrive t

Amazonia Impact Ventures (AIV), recognized as a Top Innovator by Uplink's Tropical Forest Commodities Challenge 2021, shares key insights from the first Annual Impact Campaign. Explore funding trends, regional expansion priorities, and strategies shaping the future of sustainability and impact investing.

Research published by Food Security Journal about food security in the Amazon

Only 8% of the total invested by European countries in the last year went to Latin America & The Caribbean

The report also confirms that nature-based solutions can create a triple impact, mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, conserving biodi

Investing in nature capital is the theme of the newest report by #TheWorldEconomicForum, presented this week during the #NewYorkClimateWeek.

Comvergence Report results