At COP30, Canada Announces New Contribution to the Brazil-UN Fund for the Amazon

Canada’s Environment Minister, Julie Dabrusin, announced a CAD 4.3 million contribution to the Brazil-UN Fund for Sustainable Development of the Amazon this Tuesday, November 11, during an event held at the UN Brazil Pavilion at COP30. 

“When we announced the Fund at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, we knew we were launching an innovative instrument capable of connecting the global ambition to care for the forest, the climate, and the planet with local solutions. Being here in Belém today and already able to show the results of this joint effort is profoundly symbolic,” said Silvia Rucks, UN Resident Coordinator in Brazil, during the event.

Also participating were Marcello Brito, Executive Secretary of the Interstate Consortium for the Legal Amazon; Selwin Hart, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Climate Action; Alain Noudéhou, Executive Director of the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office; and Emmanuel Kamarianakis, Ambassador of Canada to Brazil.

“The Fund symbolizes a new way of doing cooperation in the Amazon: one that starts from the territories themselves, with the states as protagonists, and with the support of the United Nations, the federal government, and international partners and donors,” said Marcello Brito, from the Interstate Consortium for the Legal Amazon.

The Government of Canada has been a partner of the Fund since November 2024, when it announced its first contribution at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

“Through the fund we are supporting work to advance biodiversity, gender equality, and Indigenous-led conservation,” said Minister Julie Dabrusin. 

“The focus of this year's COP 30 is clear: action and implementation. We are turning commitments into tangible results. And so today I am happy to announce that Canada will provide an additional contribution of $4.3 million to the Fund. This investment will strengthen the Fund’s capacity to protect forests and support communities through additional projects across the region.”

The Fund currently supports projects in Acre and Maranhão states, as well as a programme for Indigenous children and adolescents across eight Amazonian states. In Rosário, Maranhão, for example, the “Land for Women” initiative, supported by the Fund, opens opportunities for quilombola, Indigenous, riverside, and babaçu nut breaker women to obtain land titles. In Acre, the Fund supports women artisans who are transforming forest products into higher-value goods, creating sustainable pathways to strengthen the local economy.

Opened on Tuesday morning (11), the UN Brazil Pavilion at COP30 will be the stage for several announcements, debates and events until 20 November. Check out the full schedule here.

To learn more, follow @onubrasil on social media and visit the website for the Brazil-UN Fund for Sustainable Development of the Amazon.

Press contact:

• Isadora Ferreira, Communications Manager, UN Brazil: contato@onu.org.br