Overview

• The bill covers 10–21 November and, pending President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s sanction, would shift federal acts to reference Belém and allow all three branches to install operations there.
• Brazil’s Tropical Forests Forever Fund was launched with a US$1 billion national seed and a government goal to mobilize up to US$25 billion to pay forest nations for protection, though experts flag the proposed per‑hectare payout as low.
• Amazon states advance jurisdictional REDD+: Tocantins signed with Mercuria (R$20 million), set an ART Trees baseline, and has 13 million tCO2e in reductions under certification with first credits expected for sale by early 2026.
• Acre agreed with Standard Chartered to market state‑scale credits and targets 30–50 million credits by 2030, while Pará struck a deal with LEAF/Emergent for up to 12 million credits at US$15 each with most proceeds earmarked for traditional and Indigenous communities.
• Governors Helder Barbalho and Gladson Cameli link forest protection to livelihoods, detailing cattle traceability, stricter enforcement, bioeconomy expansion, and plans such as Pará’s post‑COP Bioeconomy and Innovation Park, with proposals for direct community transfers under new finance.