The Brazilian state of Tocantins is pioneering a jurisdictional forest protection program that redefines how we value and protect nature at scale. Produced by Open Planet Studios and supported by Silvania, this film highlights bold, transformative action to protect Brazil’s forests, empower communities, and preserve the planet’s most vital ecosystems.
The Race to Belém is both a campaign and a catalyst – to mobilize private sector investment to protect Brazilian forests.
Deforestation continues at an unacceptable, unsustainable rate. Our goal is to secure the $billions required to make an impact before it is too late. Before COP30 begins.
We’re building a unique movement of private sector finance, global business and some of the world’s largest conservation NGOs – who will work with Brazilian States, Indigenous Peoples, local and traditional communities, farmers, as well as the Brazilian Federal government.
Join us and together we can save Brazilian forests.
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From COP to COP, momentum is stalling. Existing frameworks are not moving fast enough – and the funding gap widens every day.
The private sector has the power to redirect financial flows from destruction to protection. At the huge scale required.
This is why we believe we can…
We are failing the Amazon rainforest and its people by not prioritizing the economic value of a standing tree over one cut down.
The global economy relies on a stable climate, and as all eyes turn to a Brazilian COP, the race is on to step back from the brink.
Blogs
15 August 2025
Stories shape the way we see the world. They make us care, they make us act, and they make complex issues understandable. Long before data or policy, it is stories that have moved people to change the course of history. In the fight to protect our planet, they are one of the most powerful tools we have.
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Blogs
20 June 2025
The Amazon rainforest is a globally unique region of exceptional geodiversity and biodiversity. It hosts the most diverse tropical forest on Earth and 10% of the world’s biodiversity and is home to roughly 1.5 million Indigenous People. But Amazon is reaching a critical Tipping Point, due to deforestation.
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Blogs
5 June 2025
Through our 'Meet the Team' blog series, we’re excited to introduce the incredible individuals behind the Race to Belém, a global campaign aimed at catalyzing private sector investment to protect and restore Brazil’s forests. In this first edition, Keith Tuffley, our CEO, shares his vision, the importance of this critical work, and his hopes for a more sustainable future.
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