The ‘Financing for Resilient Landscapes’ programme is launched in Brazil during São Paulo Climate Week

With philanthropic support from HSBC, this global initiative brings together The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International and Proforest to strengthen financial solutions capable of driving more resilient productive landscapes.

Proforest, The Nature Conservancy (TNC Brasil) and Conservation International (CI-Brazil) launched on Tuesday 4 August the Brazilian arm of the Finance for Resilient Landscapes (F4RL). The event took place at Bank of America’s headquarters in São Paulo during São Paulo Climate Week.

Launched globally in 2026, F4RL is an initiative that seeks to increase the flow of resources towards more resilient productive landscapes that are better equipped to tackle current climate challenges. The project builds bridges between organisations already active in the territories, companies linked to value chains, and financial institutions interested in channelling capital towards initiatives that reconcile production with nature conservation.

This collaboration addresses an increasingly pressing challenge in the conservation sector: issues such as deforestation, biodiversity loss, greenhouse gas emissions and rural development cannot be tackled by isolated projects alone. They require an integrated approach to the territory and to the relationships between productive activities, communities, public policy, conservation and investment. The project aims to bring together actions that often proceed separately – such as restoration, sustainable production, environmental regularisation and rural development – to achieve results on a larger scale.

The programme is initially operating in six priority landscapes: two in Indonesia, focused on palm oil production, and four in Brazil, focusing on the soy and livestock supply chains. The Brazilian workstream, focused on the states of Pará, Mato Grosso and Tocantins, is part of this global effort and aims to connect already established local initiatives, companies operating within these production chains, and financial institutions interested in channelling capital towards solutions that simultaneously promote resilient agricultural production, nature conservation and local development. By strengthening these connections, the programme seeks to expand and diversify the financing mechanisms available to initiatives that are already delivering results on the ground.

During the launch, representatives from the three organisations outlined the challenges the project aims to tackle, the areas of focus and the regions where it will be implemented. The presentation emphasised that large-scale change depends on collaboration between those who produce, invest, purchase, formulate public policy and operate directly within each region. The event also brought together leaders from the public and private sectors for a high-level debate on the role of the landscape approach in mobilising capital for conservation and sustainable development. The discussion featured Daniel Porto (HSBC), Susy Yoshimura (Carrefour Brazil) and Carolina Grottera (Ministry of Finance), who shared their perspectives on how different stakeholders within the ecosystem can contribute to accelerating this agenda whilst, at the same time, reaping the benefits generated by solutions developed at a territorial scale. The debate highlighted the importance of multi-sector collaboration and strategic partnerships in amplifying impact and enabling the sustainable transformation of productive landscapes in Brazil. The F4RL programme was established to strengthen these connections and help existing initiatives gain scale, continuity and access to new sources of capital.