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CARBON PROJECT

Vanga Blue Forest

Plan Vivo · PV-VANGA · Kenya

Credits issued
23,661
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
0
0% of issued
Remaining
0
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Registered (PV Climate)

About this project

Community-owned mangrove project in Vanga Bay, about 110 km from Mombasa. The mangroves of Vanga, Jimbo, Kiwegu, Majoreni and Sii Island cover 4,428 ha; 460 ha are set aside for the project (Sii Island about 200 ha and the mainland about 250 ha). 974 households take part. Credits are Plan Vivo Certificates (PVCs): 23,661 issued to date.

The record

Project ID
PV-VANGA
Registry
Plan Vivo
Type
Mangrove conservation and restoration (afforestation/reforestation and avoided deforestation) · Forestry & Land Use
Removal or reduction
Removal + reduction
Methodology
VM0033 (tidal wetland and seagrass restoration); PV Climate v4
Developer
Association for Coastal Ecosystem Services (ACES) for the VAJIKI Community Forest Association · 1 project
Country
Kenya, Kwale County · Vanga, Jimbo, Kiwegu, Majoreni and Sii Island (Vanga Bay)
First vintage
2020
Data from
Plan Vivo Foundation project page and Project Design Document (2019)

Community involvement

community-owned (Vanga, Jimbo and Kiwegu Community Forest Association, VAJIKI)974 participating householdscommunities of Vanga, Jimbo, Kiwegu and Majoreni

Carbon credits are owned by the community; the project is coordinated by ACES.

Basis: Plan Vivo project page and Project Design Document. This lists who the project describes working with; it is not a check of benefit-sharing.

Status and timeline

Registry status
Registered (PV Climate) (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2020
Credits issued
23,661 (retired 0)

Location

Named place A named place from the project title or documents, found on OpenStreetMap and hand-checked
Coordinates
-4.6590, 39.2180
Source
OpenStreetMap place name Vanga (named in the Project Design Document)
Note
Point at Vanga town; the project area extends over the Vanga Bay mangroves including Sii Island (-4.662, 39.277)
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Credit totals and status are as compiled in the Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database v2026-08 (CC BY 4.0) and change as the registries update. Please check the registry record before you quote a figure.
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