📋 Tender Overview
The federal government launched last Wednesday (12/11), during COP30, the concession notice for the Bom Futuro National Forest, located in Rondonia. The initiative is coordinated by the Brazilian Forest Service (SFB), an agency linked to the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA), and marks the first federal forest concession focused exclusively on the productive restoration of degraded areas, combining conservation, carbon and territorial development.
With a total area of 98 thousand hectares, the project envisages the restoration of approximately 15 thousand hectares throughout the contract. The estimated revenue is R 343 thousand per year, totaling around R 13.7 million over the 40 years of validity. The resources will be distributed between the Brazilian Forest Service (SFB), the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio), the state government, the municipality and the National Forest Development Fund (FNDF).
In addition to the environmental gains and institutional structuring of the sector, the project foresees the generation of 535 direct jobs and 406 indirect jobs, with a positive social impact on local economies and strengthening sustainable forestry chains, such as native seeds and seedlings.
The model was developed with broad social participation and technical dialogue throughout 2024 and 2025, including public hearings in Porto Velho and a market sounding round. In the territory, the Brazilian Forest Service carried out consultations with the Karitiana indigenous people, who inhabit the region. The indigenous people were heard and expressed interest in working in the chain of seeds and seedlings destined for restoration, reinforcing the commitment to rights, the appreciation of local knowledge and the sharing of benefits. The notice also allows the participation of community associations among the proponents, promoting productive inclusion and territorial development.
The concession covers two management units and follows technical guidelines that define degraded areas subject to restoration, with or without forestry of native species, in addition to preserved areas, protected from intervention. The contract has a duration of 40 years, counting from the approval of the Forest Restoration Plan (PRF).
The proposal is aligned with federal guidelines for carbon in public forests under concession, allowing the use of international certification methodologies in the voluntary market and ensuring environmental integrity, transparency in MRV (monitoring, reporting and verification) and adherence to national climate goals, such as the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the restoration of degraded ecosystems.
Bom Futuro inaugurates a new cycle for Brazil: restoring degraded areas on a large scale, with climate integrity, productive inclusion and carbon revenue to unlock sustainable investments. It is a standing forest generating local development, jobs and environmental security, stated the general director of the Brazilian Forest Service, Garo Batmanian.
The announcement was made during the panel Forestry Public-Private Partnerships in Brazil: Unlocking Investments for Sustainable Land Use and Restoration, at the Pavilion of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in the Blue Zone of COP30, in Belem (PA).
