The LIRA Fund is a financial mechanism that combines project financing with structuring actions aimed at territorial development. The model connects community organizations, researchers, public managers, companies, and civil society networks to implement conservation solutions at scale. The implementation cycle involves:
Direct support to local initiatives;
Institutional development;
Coordination among stakeholders;
Structuring of production chains;
Continuous monitoring and evaluation.
This integrated approach ensures that funding translates into consistent and long-term environmental and social outcomes. The model is supported by a blended funding structure, including public and private sources such as the Amazon Fund/BNDES (the Brazilian Development bank) and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. This experience began in 2019, and here we consolidate the results through 2025.
Investiment Allocation LIRA Fund investments are distributed across strategic dimensions that integrate territorial governance, institutional strengthening, public policy and bioeconomy.
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The LIRA Fund has consolidated an approach that integrates funding, governance and institutional development in a structure that can be applied across different territories.
Ensuring Real Impact
Over the past decade, financial flows directed to Amazon conservation have increased significantly. The core challenge, however, is not only mobilizing funding, but ensuring that these investments translate into measurable and lasting impact on the ground.
Scale and Urgency in the Amazon
The Amazon rainforest is the largest continuous tropical forest on Earth and plays a central role in global climate regulation. Environmental degradation and deforestation are pushing the biome toward a critical tipping point. As of 2024, approximately 18% of its original vegetation has already been lost. Protected areas are essential for conservation, yet they continue to face limitations in funding and implementation capacity. Scaling investment is necessary. Ensuring structured, territory-based implementation is critical to achieving impact.
