Author: Elaine Irvin

São Paulo – 3 December 2025 – The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) has approved an investment of up to US$ ~56 million (R$ 300 million) to support reforestation and restoration projects in degraded areas in Brazil through the reforestation strategy managed by the BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (BTG Pactual TIG).

Belém, Brazil, November 17, 2025 – During an event at COP30 in Belém, the Brazil Restoration and Bioeconomy Finance Coalition (BRB FC) announced it has already mobilized US$ 5.37 billion for forest restoration and bioeconomy projects in the country. This amount represents more than half of the US$ 10 billion to be mobilized by 2030 and will make it possible to restore 3.7 million hectares of Brazilian forests. The information was released during a panel at the Climate Conference, led by the Ministry of the Environment, which included Caitlin Clarke, director of BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group, one of the members of BRB FC.

São Paulo – 12 November 2025 – The Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) has approved financing of ~US$ 37.9 million (R$ 200 million) for Camapuã Agropecuária Ltda., a company controlled by BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group’s (BTG Pactual TIG) Latin American Reforestation Strategy, to support large-scale ecological restoration and conservation in the Cerrado biome, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.

As part of the previously announced Inter IKEA Group investment of €100 million for removing and storing carbon, IKEA is now launching a pioneering project together with BTG Pactual in Brazil to protect, restore, and responsibly manage degraded and low-productive land in one of the world’s most endangered ecosystems.

New York, NY / Singapore – 28 October 2025 – BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (BTG Pactual TIG), one of the world’s largest timberland managers, today announced that an investment from GenZero, a Temasek-owned investment platform focused on accelerating decarbonization globally, will bring the total capital mobilized to date for their Latin American reforestation strategy to US$672 million.