Research · October 2025 · United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
State of Finance for Forests 2025
Selected by José Miguel Medeiros
Public and private money that reached forests in 2023, set against what the climate, biodiversity and land targets need, broken down by activity from protected areas to reforestation.
Key figure
USD 84 billion to USD 300 billion: yearly forest investment in 2023, and what is needed by 2030.
About the publisher
The United Nations body for the environment. Its State of Finance for Nature series tracks money flowing to nature-based solutions.
Useful for
Developers and investors sizing the forest finance market and making the case for private capital in restoration.
Credit and license United Nations Environment Programme (2025). State of Finance for Forests 2025. Nairobi. https://doi.org/10.59117/20.500.11822/48718.
Summary and figure by General Value from the published source. The report belongs to its publisher.