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. See event details here	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 Ana Alfinito, Senior Campaigner, Amazon Watch
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