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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kikonda Forest Reserve GS2990 · Uganda · Nile Fibreboard Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 500,935 | 474,603 | Project location |
| VCC Benin Water Purifier Project GS11968 · Benin · PRIM0CARB0N PTE. LTD. |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 500,903 | 0 | Country only |
| Rwandan Improved Cookstove Project VCS2984 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 484,726 | 0 | Country only |
| Reforestation of Degraded Lands in Sierra Leone VCS2401 · Sierra Leone · Miro Forestry Developments Limited |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 482,771 | 468,252 | Country only |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Kenya VCS2349 · Kenya · Bridge Carbon Africa Stoves Development Private Li... |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 480,466 | 196,015 | Country only |
| Empowering Kenya through Positive Impact Cooking by d.light GS12307 · Kenya · Climate Secure India Pvt. Ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
women | 472,633 | 382,331 | Country only |
| Fuel Efficient Stoves in Zambia (Korea Carbon Management Ltd. CPA No.0... VCS2735 · Zambia · Korea Carbon Management Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 451,656 | 0 | Country only |
| Cote d'Ivoire Tai National Park Area Emission Reductions Program ART0130 · Côte d'Ivoire · DIRECTION GENERALE DES FINANCEMENTS, MINISTERE DE... |
ART | Jurisdictional REDD+ | Active Registered |
Not stated | 429,590 | 279,590 | Country only |
| GS10789 VPA3: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Kenya GS10792 · Kenya · ECC- Talanton Trust |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 423,242 | 103 | Country only |
| Southern Africa Clean Cookstove Initiative (SACCI) PoA: VPA01 in Zimba... GS12875 · Zimbabwe · AITHER IMPACT INC. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 420,504 | 420,504 | Country only |
| GS1385 Man and Man Enterprise Improved Cooking Stoves Programme in Gha... GS11564 · Ghana · Man and Man Enterprise |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 418,612 | 18,387 | Country only |
| GS1385 Man and Man Enterprise Improved Cooking Stoves Programme in Gha... GS11624 · Ghana · Man and Man Enterprise |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 413,278 | 0 | Country only |
| Top Third Ventures Stove Programme CPA KE0008 – BURN Efficient Cooksto... GS11614 · Kenya · ECOA Climate Capital |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 408,011 | 165,452 | Country only |
| Bamako Clean Cookstoves - Improving livelihoods and fighting desertifi... GS5003 · Mali · Swiss Carbon Value Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 407,458 | 302,892 | Corrected location |
| REFORESTATION OF DEGRADED FOREST RESERVE AREAS IN GHANA, WEST AFRICA VCS2410 · Ghana · Miro Forestry Developments Limited |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 399,740 | 395,024 | Country only |
| UpEnergy-Social and Climate Impact Programme-Uganda 1 VCS2789 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 383,201 | 0 | Country only |
| Small-Scale Hydropower Project Sahanivotry In Madagascar. VCS1319 · Madagascar · Hydelec Madagascar (PP) |
Verra | Hydropower | Active Registered |
Not stated | 372,730 | 270,645 | Country only |
| M'tetezi Improved cook-stoves Balaka District Malawi GS4539 · Malawi · Project Developer |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 365,063 | 56,602 | Project location |
| Improved Cook Stoves programme for Rwanda GS1060 · Rwanda · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 358,779 | 56,631 | Programme location |
| TASC Clean Cooking PoA - VPA 6 (Zambia) GS11901 · Zambia · THE AFRICAN STOVE COMPANY LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 355,037 | 0 | Country only |
| Bukaleba Forest Project VCS799 · Uganda · Busoga Forestry Co. Ltd (Subsidiary Green Resource... |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 351,909 | 193,540 | Named place |
| GS5304 MKOPA Solar Lighting Programme of Activities - Kenya VPA 1 GS5314 · Kenya · Climate Impact Partners Limited |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 347,991 | 274,166 | Country only |
| EnviroServ Chloorkop Landfill Gas Recovery Project VCS2601 · South Africa · EnviroServ Waste Management (Pty) Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Landfill Methane | Active Registered |
Not stated | 340,477 | 340,477 | Country only |
| OYU - Reforesting Uganda for a better tomorrow VCS4888 · Uganda · OYU Green Private Limited (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 339,638 | 0 | Country only |
| Bugoye 13.0 MW Run-of-River Hydropower Project VCS1199 · Uganda · Bugoye Hydro Limited (PP) |
Verra | Hydropower | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 332,522 | 259,203 | 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.