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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project VCS934 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Wildlife Works Carbon, Inc (PP) |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Registered |
Not stated | 42,534,256 | 23,380,964 | Area centre |
| KARIBA REDD+ PROJECT VCS902 · Zimbabwe · Carbon Green Investments (Guernsey) |
Verra | REDD+ | Withdrawn or inactive Withdrawn |
Not stated | 29,016,364 | 25,707,382 | Area centre |
| The Kasigau Corridor REDD Project - Phase II The Community Ranches VCS612 · Kenya · Wildlife Works Carbon LLC |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Registered |
Not stated | 17,720,553 | 9,108,280 | Area centre |
| Luangwa Community Forests Project VCS1775 · Zambia · BioCarbon Partners (PP) |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 12,067,488 | 11,397,584 | Country only |
| Bale Mountains Eco-region REDD+ project VCS1340 · Ethiopia · Oromia Forest and Wildlife Enterprise (PP) |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Registered |
Not stated | 10,595,345 | 8,151,924 | Named place |
| Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project VCS1468 · Kenya · Northern Rangelands Trust |
Verra | Sustainable Grassland Management | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 6,763,174 | 1,975,548 | Country only |
| Chyulu Hills REDD+ Project VCS1408 · Kenya · Chyulu Hills Conservation Trust |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Registered |
Not stated | 5,172,697 | 4,537,742 | Named place |
| Carbon Emissions Reduction Project in the Corridor Ankeniheny-Zahamena... VCS1311 · Madagascar · Govt. of Madagascar, Direction Generale des Forets |
Verra | REDD+ | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 3,915,496 | 30,290 | Country only |
| Ntakata Mountains REDD VCS1897 · Tanzania · Carbon Tanzania (PP) |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 3,871,700 | 3,603,414 | Country only |
| The Kasigau Corridor REDD Project – Phase I Rukinga Sanctuary VCS562 · Kenya · Wildlife Works Carbon LLC |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Registered |
Not stated | 3,818,704 | 3,531,006 | Named place |
| Kulera Landscape REDD+ Program for Co-Managed Protected Areas, Malawi VCS1168 · Malawi · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | REDD+ | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 3,325,607 | 2,993,776 | Country only |
| Gola REDD project VCS1201 · Sierra Leone · Gola Rainforest Conservation LG (PP) |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 2,672,520 | 2,265,093 | Country only |
| LOWER ZAMBEZI REDD+ PROJECT VCS1202 · Zambia · BioCarbon Partners (PP) |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 2,421,395 | 2,416,001 | Area centre |
| The Makira Forest Protected Area in Madagascar VCS1215 · Madagascar · The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) |
Verra | REDD+ | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 1,796,963 | 626,567 | Country only |
| COMACO Landscape Management Project VCS1532 · Zambia · Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) |
Verra | REDD+ | In the pipeline On Hold - see notification letter |
Not stated | 1,638,099 | 1,093,360 | Country only |
| Isangi REDD+ Project VCS1359 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · SAFBOIS, SPRL |
Verra | REDD+ | Withdrawn or inactive Withdrawn |
Not stated | 1,391,623 | 1,291,248 | Country only |
| CHINKO CONSERVATION AREA REDD+ PROJECT, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC VCS2510 · Central African Republic · African Parks RCA |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 1,294,618 | 105,496 | Named place |
| Makame Savannah REDD VCS1900 · Tanzania · Carbon Tanzania (PP) |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 1,239,936 | 901,185 | Country only |
| Reforestation of Degraded Forest Reserves in Ghana VCS987 · Ghana · Form Ghana Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 1,138,349 | 1,023,630 | Country only |
| Natural High Forest Rehabilitation Project on degraded land of Kibale... VCS673 · Uganda · PRIMAKLIMA e.V. (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 1,092,577 | 1,060,379 | Named place |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 006 VCS899 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 1,001,808 | 984,120 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 005 VCS737 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 997,867 | 997,728 | Country only |
| Forest Conservation in Boumba-et-Ngoko VCS2897 · Cameroon · CarbonSinkGroup S.R.L. (PP) |
Verra | Improved Forest Management | Active Registered |
Not stated | 846,136 | 844,330 | Country only |
| Soil carbon improvement Project through Grassland Management, in South... VCS2710 · South Africa · WeAct Pty Ltd. (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Grassland Management | Active Registered |
Not stated | 805,971 | 428,371 | Country only |
| Reforestation of degraded grasslands in Uchindile & Mapanda, Tanzania VCS142 · Tanzania · Green Resources Tanzania Ltd (GRL) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 753,975 | 702,853 | Named place |
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.