The recovery of native vegetation (RVN) is increasingly present in national and international development agendas, gaining prominence and recognition for its strategic role in reconciling economic growth, social inclusion and environmental conservation. The importance of reducing the risk of investing in the native vegetation recovery, a strategy known as de-risking, emerges in discussions and in the environmental and economic-financial literatures in order to leverage resources and scale up its implementation. The present study has the general objective of analyzing the use of financial de-risking instruments and strategies to expand investment in the recovery of native vegetation. For this purpose, the following issues are presented and discussed: i) economic aspects of recovering native vegetation; ii) theoretical-conceptual and technical aspects about risks, financial risks and investment risks in RVN; and iii) financial de￾risking instruments as a strategy to leverage investments in the native vegetation recovery. The elaboration of the study involved a bibliographic, data and case studies survey, as well as conducting interviews with specialists in the research topic. It is found that solutions to reduce the financial risks of RVN projects are beginning to be tested and implemented, with little knowledge about existing experiences, evidencing latent opportunities for expansion of implementation and study on this agenda. Although financial solutions can play a relevant role in attracting resources to the RVN, other measures prove to be equally or more important for the scale gain of this agenda, and should be implemented in a parallel and complementary way.