Civil society perspectives on the challenges of investing in nature
Event description
This full-day side event seminar, organized by the Forests & Finance Coalition, will bring together leading voices to explore actionable insights on aligning financial flows with forest protections, climate resilience, and the empowerment of local communities.
Program of the event
*** The program will be updated with speakers soon***
Time | Event Title | Speakers |
09:00 | Deforestation pays: behind global financiers’ profits from forest destruction | Giulia Bondi, Senior Campaigner, Global Witness Fernanda Sucupira, Social Impact Coordinator, Repórter Brasil |
10:00 | The role of banks and agribusiness in driving deforestation in Brazil | Cristiane Mazzetti, Campanha de Florestas, Greenpeace Brasil André Campos, Research and Social Impact Program, Repórter Brasil Rafael Rocha, Public Prosecutor, Federal Public Prosecutor's Office |
11:00 | Financialization of Agriculture in Brazil | André Campos, Research and Social Impact Program, Repórter Brasil Silvio Eduardo Alvarez Candido, Professor de Estudos Organizacionais, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar |
14:00 | Financing for Biodiverse Futures: Aligning Agribusiness and Financial Systems with Biodiversity and Indigenous Rights. | Eryn Schornick, Senior Consultant, Friends of the Earth US (moderator) Sirito-Yana Aloema, Indigenous leader from the Galibi people of Suriname, Member of the Indigenous Advisory Group to the Banks & Biodiversity Initiative Jeff Conant, Senior International Forests Program Manager, Friends of the Earth US Kamran Khan, Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Finance for Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa, Deutsche Bank Group |
15:00 | The Tropical Forest Forever Facility: opportunities and challenges in the fight against deforestation | Giulia Bondi, Senior Campaigner, Global Witness (Moderator) André Guimarães, Director, IPAM and Special Envoy for civil society at COP30 Rayhan Dudayev, Political Lead on the Global Forest Solution Project, Greenpeace's South-East Asia Annie Sanders, Director of Shareholder Advocacy, Green Century |
16:00 | Mining & Money - Impacts of the Just energy transition | Maurício Angelo, Diretor Executivo do Observatório da Mineração Karina Feliciano, Research Analyst, IDEC João Travisã, Movement on popular sovereignty in mining |
17:00 | Launch: Banking on Biodiversity Collapse 2025 report | Merel van der Mark, Coordinator, Forests & Finance Coalition Tom Picken, Forests & Finance Director, Rainforest Action Network |
18:00 | Forests & Finance reception | Forests & Finance Coalition |
Resources
Forests & Finance - Banking on Biodiversity Collapse
Forests & Finance - Mining & Money report
Friends of the Earth US, 2025 - Financing for Biodivers Futures?
Global Witness, 2025 - Banks make $26 billion in a decade of financing deforesting companies
Greenpeace Brasil, 2024 - Bancando a Extinção
Joint CSOs - Position Statement on Financiers' Responsibilities regarding Indigenous People's Issues and Biodiversity - Sign on here
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