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Forest Pavilion at COP30 | Belém, Brazil

Daily Programme

All event times are listed in Belém local time (GMT-3).

Monday, 17 November 2025

All day session

Theme: Amazon Basin Day: Regional perspectives on forests in NDCs, SFM, Indigenous Peoples’ leadership, forest-climate-biodiversity-land synergies, youth and local community solutions

9:30am – 10:00am

Opening of Amazon Basin Day by Federal Minister Norbert Totschnig, Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management

10:00am – 10:50am

The crucial roles of women, youth, and Indigenous peoples in forest conservation (FPA2, IFSA)

11:00am – 11:30am

20 years of international research on forest-climate interactions (IUFRO)

11:40am – 12:40pm

Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program – Connecting people and countries to connect landscapes in the Amazon as a strategy to tackle climate change (World Bank)

12:50pm -1:50pm

Key Biodiversity Areas (Brazil Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change)

2:00pm – 2:50pm

Build trust, create shared value in the forest: Principles for community engagement and development (WBCSD)

3:00pm – 4:20pm

The role of Brazilian federal protected areas in advancing inclusive ecological restoration (Brazil / CBC / ICMBio)

4:30pm – 6:00pm

Terrestrial and coastal biodiversity as natural capital: towards locally owned, inclusive and synergetic co-investment (CIFOR-ICRAF)

Lead: Brazil, International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
Co-lead: Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry Center (CIFOR-ICRAF), Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation (FPA2)
Contributors: World Bank Group (WB), Global Environment Facility Secretariat (GEF), Australia, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs), Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)