On the 3rd of September 2025, F20 organised a call about the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) which was moderated by Michael Northrop, Program Director at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and featured presentations from Andre Aquino, National Director for Forest Development at the Brazilian Forest Service, Ministry of Environment and Climate in Brazil, and Manuella Cantalice, who is currently supporting the Ministry of Environment in Brazil with the development of the TFFF.
This call gave F20 members the chance to learn about TFFF’s structure and implementation as an innovative mechanism to provide financing to tropical countries based on forest conservation performance, with a focus on allocating funds to Indigenous peoples and local communities. In anticipation to the launch of TFFF at COP30 and the role of philanthropy in capacity-building, F20 members recognised how the initiative works, specifically its investment strategies, financial models, and eligibility criteria.