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Applications for the Pan‑Amazon Investor Education Program are open until 21 July. A rare chance for investors to learn directly from Amazonian communities, experts and territorial leaders.

Murumuru, an Amazonian palm once avoided for its thorns, is now powering a fast‑growing global beauty market. Harvested sustainably by families in Madre de Dios, its butter offers both restorative properties and a pathway to better income. As AFIMAD expands its work and AIV partners with BioTara in Brazil, murumuru is becoming a cornerstone of the Amazon’s emerging bioeconomy. Inspired by initiatives like UK PACT, this series highlights the forest products and the communities

AIV is strengthening sustainable, market‑led value chains across the Amazon through private‑sector leadership, technical assistance and UK PACT support. The programme combines investment practice with deep field knowledge to help producer organisations adopt resilient, deforestation‑free models. By generating evidence‑based case studies and supporting Peru’s Bioeconomy Roadmap, the project aims to improve forest‑based livelihoods and position biodiversity‑based products in gl

Across Junín and Pasco, AIV is working with five coffee cooperatives to strengthen their technical capacity in climate‑smart agriculture. Through agroforestry workshops led by Henry S. and Verónica López de la Lama, cooperatives learn how to restore soils, diversify crops and reduce deforestation risk. These sessions form part of AIV’s mission to build resilient, low‑emission coffee systems and support producer organisations in leading their own sustainable transition.

At London Climate Week, Amazonia Impact Ventures gathered leaders from Brazil, Peru and the investment community to examine why bioeconomy finance still struggles to reach the forest communities who sustain it. Speakers highlighted new national strategies, community‑led models and financial mechanisms emerging across the Amazon — and the structural alignment needed for capital to support them.

At London Climate Action Week, AIV and Practical Action brought together leaders from across the Amazon to examine a central question: what is the real risk of investing in Indigenous bioeconomies — and what is the risk of not doing so? Through stories of ancestral cacao, forest‑based products and emerging financial models, speakers showed how community‑led enterprises are reshaping the future of nature‑positive markets.

London Climate Action Week brings together thousands of people driving real climate solutions. For AIV, it’s a chance to connect our work in the Amazon — from impact‑linked investments to Indigenous and community‑led enterprises — with the partners who can help scale it. This week we’re hosting key conversations on financing the Indigenous bioeconomy and showcasing enterprises generating real revenue and real impact.

AIV has been awarded a strong Impact Authenticity Score by the Impact Evaluation Lab (IEL), recognising the strength of our mission alignment and impact practice. IEL noted AIV’s exceptional performance in Mission Authenticity, highlighting the strong alignment between our impact objectives, investment strategy and operational execution. The assessment also commended our robust Impact Execution. This seal reflects the integrity of our model and the discipline behind our work

AIV is participating in London Climate Action Week 2026 with two events focused on financing the Amazon bioeconomy and scaling Indigenous‑led enterprises. As Europe’s largest climate festival, LCAW brings together global leaders across finance, policy and civil society. AIV is proud to contribute Amazon‑rooted insight to the UK climate finance community, highlighting commercially viable forest enterprises and the structural changes needed to unlock capital for communities.

Amazonia Impact Ventures will open the June Environmental Impact Investing Group (EIIG) Market Information Session, introducing our impact model and the Amazon‑based enterprises we support. The EIIG brings together foundations and individual investors to build confidence, share learning and explore high‑quality environmental investment opportunities. AIV is pleased to contribute to a network committed to practical, transparent and community‑rooted approaches to environmental

Amazonia Impact Ventures busca un/a Especialista en Gestión de Empresas y Organizaciones Productivas Amazónicas para fortalecer la gestión financiera, administrativa y organizacional de asociaciones y cooperativas de la cadena de valor de la castaña en Madre de Dios. La consultoría es por 6 meses, con posibilidad de ampliación, y está dirigida a profesionales con experiencia en gestión empresarial y acompañamiento de organizaciones productivas amazónicas.

Only 6% of investment capital in Latin America reaches women‑led businesses, despite women driving most of the region’s underserved market. At the GLI Forum LATAM 2026 in Lima, AIV highlights why gender equality is central to investing in the Amazon. With nearly 40% of our portfolio led by women, we’re committed to mobilising the capital needed to strengthen livelihoods and drive long‑term prosperity.

AIV welcomes its first faith‑based investors as the Congregation of Bon Secours of Paris and Bon Secours Mercy Health join the Amazonia Impact Fund I. Their commitment strengthens climate action, supports underserved communities and reflects a growing global movement to align capital with mission‑driven impact.

Leaders from across Peru were recognised by the Ministry of the Environment for their contributions to conservation and sustainable development. The ceremony brought together awardees committed to protecting ecosystems and strengthening community‑led environmental action, highlighting the growing momentum for climate‑positive initiatives across the country.

Trimtab has joined the Amazonia Impact Fund I as an investor in a new series of commitments, backing AIV’s work across the Amazon’s bioeconomy. The impact‑first firm invests in markets conventional finance struggles to reach, supporting cooperatives, mid‑chain actors and Indigenous producers entering formal finance for the first time. Trimtab’s catalytic and senior tranches signal confidence in the viability of nature‑based value networks.

Day 2 at the Skoll World Forum has been energising, with Oxford buzzing as global leaders converge to accelerate impact. AIV’s Pajani Singah drew a full room, underscoring the rising demand for livelihood‑driven opportunities in the Amazon. As Earth Day approaches, the focus turns to capital’s role in shaping a just, green transition.

Amazonia Impact Ventures’ latest Impact Report highlights a year of meaningful progress in strengthening the Amazon bioeconomy. Through impact‑linked finance, community partnerships, and nature‑based solutions, AIV supported more than 5,130 smallholder farmers, deployed 42 impact‑linked loans, and placed over 200,000 hectares under sustainable management. The report showcases how inclusive finance is driving climate resilience, biodiversity protection, and improved livelihood

A 100% women‑led coffee cooperative from the Peruvian Amazon has reached a new milestone. CEMCAVIR has completed its first export shipment to Malongo in France, following years of investment and partnership with Amazonia Impact Ventures. Their progress reflects the power of women’s leadership and sustainable value chains in the Amazon.

Amazonia Impact Ventures held an initial conversation with the Fundação Amazônia Sustentável in Manaus, exploring early opportunities for collaboration on community‑led bioeconomy models in the Brazilian Amazon. The discussion highlighted FAS’s flagship pirarucu programme, a recognised example of how conservation, traditional knowledge and local income generation can reinforce one another across floodplain ecosystems.

Amazonia Impact Ventures is carrying out a field mission across the Peruvian Amazon, meeting producer organisations, reviewing operations and working alongside partners to strengthen the pipeline for renewed and future investments. This on‑the‑ground engagement ensures every loan aligns with local priorities, cultural contexts and long‑term environmental outcomes.