Análisis de Amigos de la Tierra Internacional sobre el Fondo Bosques Tropicales Para Siempre

Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) argues that the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) promotes the 'financierization of nature' by treating forests as financial assets. FoEI criticizes the TFFF's structure for prioritizing private investor returns over conservation, creating a potential debt cycle for Global South countries, and maintaining colonial power asymmetries through the involvement of the World Bank and other international financial institutions. While acknowledging the TFFF's commitment to allocate 20% of payments to Indigenous Peoples and local communities (PICL), FoEI deems this insufficient and calls for a systemic shift toward community-led forest management, debt cancellation, and historical reparations.

• The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) is a hybrid investment fund led by Brazil, intended for presentation at COP30 in November 2025, which aims to use a 'blended finance' approach where 20% of capital comes from public and philanthropic sources to attract 80% in private investment.
• The TFFF's payment structure prioritizes financial profitability by ensuring returns for private investors first, followed by public investors, and only then providing payments to designated tropical forest countries at a fixed rate of 4 USD per hectare of preserved forest.
• Friends of the Earth International argues that the TFFF embodies 'green capitalism' and the 'financierization of nature' by reducing forests to carbon capture services and financial assets, which fails to address the structural causes of deforestation.
• The TFFF's governance structure is criticized for centralizing power in the Global North and international financial institutions (IFIs), specifically the World Bank, which is proposed as the trustee and secretariat responsible for monitoring and adjudicating payments.
• There is a risk that the TFFF creates a 'vicious cycle of debt' because the returns used to reward conservation in the Global South are largely derived from the debt service payments made by those same developing countries to international investors.
• While the TFFF proposes that at least 20% of payments go to Indigenous Peoples and local communities (PICL), FoEI considers this insufficient and warns that government intermediaries may use these funds to impose market logic or create competition between indigenous groups.
• The TFFF is positioned as complementary to REDD+ and carbon markets, which FoEI claims reinforces 'false solutions' and a financial architecture that transfers risks and costs to local populations while benefiting financial capital.
• FoEI demands a systemic transformation including the cancellation of Global South debt, historical reparations for colonialism, and the prioritization of Community Forest Management (MCB) and collective land rights over market-based mechanisms.

APA

Torres, L. F., Fandel, G., Masson, L., Marien, N., & Ortiz, L. (2025). Análisis de Amigos de la Tierra Internacional sobre el Fondo Bosques Tropicales Para Siempre. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/FoEls-analysis-of-the-Tropical-Forest-Forever-Facility_ES_DIGITAL_v2.pdf

Chicago

Torres, Lyda Forero, Ghislaine Fandel, Lise Masson, Nele Marien, and Lucia Ortiz. Análisis de Amigos de la Tierra Internacional sobre el Fondo Bosques Tropicales Para Siempre. Friends of the Earth International, 2025. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/FoEls-analysis-of-the-Tropical-Forest-Forever-Facility_ES_DIGITAL_v2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{torres2025anlisis, author = {Torres, Lyda Forero and Fandel, Ghislaine and Masson, Lise and Marien, Nele and Ortiz, Lucia}, title = {{Análisis de Amigos de la Tierra Internacional sobre el Fondo Bosques Tropicales Para Siempre}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2025}, month = oct, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/FoEls-analysis-of-the-Tropical-Forest-Forever-Facility_ES_DIGITAL_v2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }