The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced that it has raised $100 million through its first Amazonia Bond issuance, aimed at funding high-impact environmental and social sustainable development projects across the Amazon region.
The bond issuance follows the launch in July 2025 by the IDB and the World Bank of the Amazonia Bond platform, designed to help countries and institutions raise private capital for sustainable development in the Amazonia region by providing a sustainable finance instrument to address the region’s unique challenges and priorities.
The IDB said that it aims to issue $1 billion through a series of offerings under the Amazonia Bond program.
Under the guidance released by the IDB and World Bank, Amazonia Bonds will fund projects addressing key issues including deforestation and land degradation, governance and rule of law, hydrogeological impacts from activities such as wildcat gold mining deforestation and large scale-irrigation, climate change impacts, and socio-economic pressures such as poverty, inequality, and lack of access to education, sanitation, and healthcare services. The guidelines specify that eligible activities for financing by the bonds should align with the three core objectives of reducing poverty and improving quality of life, reducing and reversing deforestation and degradation of natural resources, and fostering sustainable, inclusive, climate-resilient economic growth.
Following the initial issuance, the IDB said that the National Treasury of Brazil has expressed its intention to explore the possibility of issuing its own bonds under the Amazon Bonds Guidelines.
Ilan Goldfajn, President of the IDB Group, said:
“The issuance of our Amazonia Bonds represents a new chapter in sustainable finance, one that channels investments into nature-based solutions and community-driven progress. As a first mover, our Amazonia Bond Program offers a blueprint for others to follow, mobilizing private capital to protect the Amazon and uplift its people.”
