The most common imagery of the Amazon often features aerial images and sweeping global narratives. Yet it is in the everyday life of the forest that experiences, economic solutions, and critical lessons for the future take shape.
In the video below, we bring together testimonies from leaders in the sociobioeconomy who have participated in key climate and finance forums, such as COP30 in Belém, with support from NESsT. Grounded in lived experience, these leaders’ perspectives highlight why their presence is essential in spaces where far-reaching decisions are made.
These testimonies are directly connected to the recommendations presented in the report Unlocking the Potential of the Global Financing Ecosystem for a Sustainable Bioeconomy in the Amazon from the Perspective of Local Communities. The report brings together Amazonian voices with the international financial ecosystem to identify pathways for making capital flows more accessible, coherent, and aligned with local realities, strengthening the sociobioeconomy.
For these purposes, NESsT acts as a bridge between community-based enterprises and financing systems. In recent years, NESsT has contributed to shaping these recommendations, engaging in dialogue with public and private investors, and expanding the participation of sociobioeconomy leaders in strategic decision-making spaces.
Offering more than a set of proposals, the report synthesizes insights built through practice and ongoing exchanges between those who live in the forest and those who design investment strategies. This video is part of that content series, amplifying these voices and reinforcing the message that the future of the Amazon is built with those who are already making it happen.
This blog is part of a series exploring the insights, key themes, and approaches that drive NESsT’s publication ‘Unlocking the Potential of the Global Financing Ecosystem to Invest in a Sustainable Bioeconomy in the Amazon from the Perspective of Local Communities’. Informed by Amazonian voices and conversations with the global financing community, the report identifies nine recommendations across two key areas for impact-focused public and private investors to improve the targeting, efficacy, and efficiency of their funding to the Amazon bioeconomy. Through this ten-part series, we aim to bring these opportunities into broader conversations and diverse discussion spaces, amplifying the reach of Amazonian communities and their voices, experiences, and solutions.
