BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group raises $1.24 billion for Latin American Reforestation Strategy

BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (BTG Pactual TIG) secured $1.24 billion in commitments to fund its Latin American Reforestation Strategy, marking the largest-known reforestation and restoration fund closed to date. The strategy targets the conservation, restoration, and planting of deforested and degraded properties across selected regions in Latin America, with a focus on Brazil's Cerrado biome—a highly biodiverse and threatened ecosystem that has seen material land conversion for cattle grazing. To date, the initiative has planted 29 million trees across 64,000 acres of degraded land in Brazil, conserved over 53,000 acres, and initiated restoration efforts on more than 50,000 acres of native vegetation, while protecting over 400 miles of streams. The project aims to protect and restore over 330,000 acres of natural forests and plant millions of trees in sustainably managed commercial tree farms on another 330,000 acres of previously deforested land. BTG Pactual TIG has already signed large-scale nature-based carbon removal credit agreements with Microsoft and Meta, positioning the strategy as a key player in generating high-integrity removal carbon credits. Conservation International serves as the Impact Advisor, collaborating with BTG Pactual TIG to deliver measurable environmental and economic outcomes.

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BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (BTG Pactual TIG)

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