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Forest Pavilion at COP30 | Belém, Brazil

Daily Programme

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

Saturday, 15 November 2025

All day session

 

10:00am – 11:00am
Grand opening of the Forest Pavilion

Speakers:

  • Minister Marina Silva, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change of Brazil
  • Mr. Emmanuel Kamarianakis, Ambassador of Canada to Brazil
  • Ms. Ruth Davies, UK Special Representative for Nature
  • Mr. Tanimura Eiji, Deputy Director-General of the Forestry Agency of Japan
  • Ms. Subhra Bhattacharjee, Director General of FSC
  • Ambassador Ms. Aurélie Flore Koumba Pambo, CBFP Co-Facilitator for the Gabonese Republic
  • Mr. Wu Zhimin, CPF Chair/Director of FAO Forestry Division (virtual)
  • Mr. Per Olof Sjöo, President, Building and Wood Workers’ International

 

 

Session theme

Climate finance for sustainable forest management (SFM)

Lead: Brazil
Co-lead: Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry Center (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Contributors: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

11:00am – 12:30pm

Revisiting REDD+ and public finance for forests: Are real impacts visible on the ground? (CIFOR-ICRAF)

12:45pm – 2:15pm

Panel
Accessing the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF): Supporting countries to meet the eligibility criteria (Brazil / GM-MMA)

2:30pm – 4:00pm

Panel
Economic Viability of Restoration Concessions: Revenue Streams and Climate Finance Opportunities Beyond Carbon Markets (Brazil / BFS)

4:15pm – 5:15pm

Amazon Network of Forest Authorities (RAFO) for the implementation of sustainable forest management (SFM) (ACTO)