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Carbon projects in Africa
Carbon-credit projects registered with Gold Standard, Verra, ACR, ART and Plan Vivo, from the Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (v2026-08) with Gold Standard registry details. Every project can be opened for its full record, and each map point says how its location was established.
Projects
2,563
1,253 active · 758 in the pipeline
Credits issued
418,108,983
tonnes CO₂-equivalent, all vintages
Credits retired
233,409,680
56% of issued
Nature-based · blue carbon
365 · 30
507 projects have a mapped location
Where the projects are
Only projects with a verified location are drawn. Click a point for its details; every click zooms in.
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Point colour is the Carbon Projects theme. The Location column shows how accurate each point is: Project location is exact as published by the registry, Programme location is shared by several projects, Named place and Area centre are approximate.
Community involvement
1,330 of 2,563 projects describe who they work with
Read from each project's own description. Where the text does not say, Atlas says so instead of guessing; project design documents in the registry are the place to check consultation and benefit-sharing.
Credits issued by vintage year
Tonnes of CO₂-equivalent
Credits issued by project type
Largest types
| Project | Registry | Type | Status | Community | Issued | Retired | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livelihoods' mangrove restoration grouped project in Senegalblue carbon VCS1318 · Senegal · Livelihoods Fund SICAV SIF (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 509,816 | 385,167 | Country only |
| Vanga Blue Forestblue carbon PV-VANGA · Kenya · Association for Coastal Ecosystem Services (ACES)... |
Plan Vivo | Mangrove conservation and restoration (afforestation/reforestation and avoided deforestation) | Active Registered (PV Climate) |
community-owned (Vanga... +2 | 23,661 | 0 | Named place |
| Niger Delta Community-Driven Mangrove Restoration Projectblue carbon GS23252 · Nigeria · Sequestr Carbon Inc. |
Gold Standard | Wetland Restoration | In the pipeline Listed |
local communities | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Niger Delta Community-Driven Mangrove Restoration [Real Case VPA]blue carbon GS23340 · Nigeria · Sequestr Carbon Inc. |
Gold Standard | Wetland Restoration | In the pipeline Listed |
local communities | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Niger Delta Community-Driven Mangrove Restoration [Regular VPA 1]blue carbon GS23341 · Nigeria · Sequestr Carbon Inc. |
Gold Standard | Wetland Restoration | In the pipeline Listed |
local communities | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| The Haidar EL ALI Mangrove Initiative (HEAMI)blue carbon VCS1760 · Senegal · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | Withdrawn or inactive Withdrawn |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| SENEGAL AND WEST AFRICA MANGROVE PROGRAMME (SWAMP)blue carbon VCS2406 · Senegal · ALLCOT A.G. (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Mangrove Restoration Project with Sine Saloum and Casamance communitie...blue carbon VCS2834 · Senegal · WeForest (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| MOZBLUE: BUILDING AFRICA'S LARGEST MANGROVE RESTORATION PROJECTblue carbon VCS3142 · Mozambique · Blue Forest Mozambique LDA (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| NIGER DELTA MANGROVE PROJECTblue carbon VCS3155 · Nigeria · everi GmbH (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM IN THE GAMBIA T...blue carbon VCS3223 · The Gambia · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Papariko - Restoration of Degraded Mangrove Areas in Kenyablue carbon VCS3660 · Kenya · Vlinder Austria GmbH (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Community-based Mangrove Restoration Initiative – Lep Lepblue carbon VCS3885 · Senegal · Vlinder Austria GmbH (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| DR Congo Mangrove Blue Carbon Projectblue carbon VCS4372 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · ClimeTrek Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | In the pipeline Registration requested |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Community-Based Mangrove Conservation and Restoration in Sierra Leoneblue carbon VCS4539 · Sierra Leone · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| ALLCOT BLUE CARBON MANGROVE PROJECT IN SENEGAL (ABC Mangrove Senegal)blue carbon VCS4563 · Senegal · Allcot Limited (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Scarcies Mangrove Rewilding Projectblue carbon VCS4644 · Sierra Leone · Forest and Mangrove Protection Limited (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | Withdrawn or inactive Inactive |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Named place |
| Cameroon Mangrove Ecosystem Restoration & Resilience (CAMERR)blue carbon VCS4845 · Cameroon · Planete Urgence (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | In the pipeline Registration requested |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| ALA HONKO BLUE CARBON MADAGASCARblue carbon VCS4856 · Madagascar · UNIMA SA. |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Keta Lagoon Blue Carbon Project – Ghanablue carbon VCS4890 · Ghana · Terraformation Inc. (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Named place |
| Djibouti Mangrove Restoration Programblue carbon VCS5192 · Djibouti · Sovereign Carbon Agency (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Carbon Mosaic Conservation and Restoration of Mangroves in Delta Stateblue carbon VCS5224 · Nigeria · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Area centre |
| Conservation and Restoration of Mangroves in the Coastal Blue Carbon E...blue carbon VCS5365 · Egypt · Environment Without Borders Foundation (EWBF) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | In the pipeline Registration requested |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Community-Based Mangrove Conservation and Restoration in Guineablue carbon VCS5427 · Guinea · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| BissauBlueblue carbon VCS5456 · Guinea-Bissau · Blue Forest (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
About this data. Project lists, status and credit totals come from the Berkeley Carbon Trading Project's Voluntary Registry Offsets Database v2026-08 (CC BY 4.0), which compiles the public registries. Gold Standard details and coordinates come from the Gold Standard public registry; Vanga Blue Forest and Mikoko Pamoja come from Plan Vivo. Figures change as registries update. Please cite the Berkeley database and the registry when you use them, and check a registry record before relying on a number.