Tropical forests are the most complex ecosystems on earth. Investing in them mitigates climate change, prevents biodiversity loss, and delivers socioeconomic benefits.

We know nature’s ability to mitigate climate change and conserve biodiversity are intertwined. HIFOR is an innovative, scalable financial mechanism rooted in the underlying value of nature.

 

A single investment, with multiple benefits.

 

The HIFOR unit represents one hectare of healthy, high integrity tropical forest that is being actively conserved within a large landscape for decades.

 

These units deliver far-reaching benefits, including the ongoing removal of CO2, regulation of regional rainfall, local and regional cooling, and protection of high levels of biodiversity.

 

Without mechanisms like HIFOR, the critical ecosystem services these forests provide and their value to us will be lost. Investing in HIFOR can help create a cooler, greener, more resilient future today.

 

Nature is complex.

 

Investing in it shouldn’t be.

Biodiversity

High integrity tropical forests:

High integrity tropical forests are some of the highest biodiversity ecosystems on earth.

Climate

Absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, supply rain downwind, and keep local and regional areas substantially cooler than they would be without them.

Biodiversity

Foster the highest biodiversity ecosystems on Earth.

High integrity tropical forests:

High integrity tropical forests are some of the highest biodiversity ecosystems on earth.

Climate

Absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, supply rain downwind, and keep local and regional areas substantially cooler than they would be without them.

Biodiversity

Foster the highest biodiversity ecosystems on Earth.

HIFOR Pilots

The HIFOR Initiative has two active pilot sites in a growing portfolio. The first is in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo. The second is in the Mamirauá and Amanã Sustainable Development Reserves in Amazonas, Brazil. Combined, these areas cover 4 million hectares of high integrity tropical forest, foster biodiversity, and sequester about 53 million tons of CO2 annually.

Republic of Congo

Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park

The HIFOR Congo Project is in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, which covers 408,000 hectares of predominantly high integrity tropical forest in northern Republic of Congo.

HIFOR offers a single investment opportunity, with multiple benefits.

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