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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Verra | REDD+ | Withdrawn or inactive Withdrawn |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 |
| GS10884 - KOKO Kenya - Ethanol Cookstoves Program - CPA-0002 GS11440 · Kenya · KOKO Network limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 14,941,932 | 181,520 | Country only |
| 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 |
| Improved Cookstoves for Social Impact in Ugandan Communities GS447 · Uganda · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 11,404,198 | 8,692,792 | Project location |
| Fuel Efficient Cooking in South Africa VCS2505 · South Africa · TASC SA (Pty) Ltd. (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 11,366,246 | 11,366,246 | 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 |
| DelAgua Clean Cooking Grouped Project in Rwanda VCS4150 · Rwanda · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 8,552,433 | 3,250,254 | Country only |
| 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 |
| Gyapa Cook Stoves Project in Ghana GS407 · Ghana · Relief International |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 6,381,551 | 5,119,860 | Project location |
| Chyulu Hills REDD+ Project VCS1408 · Kenya · Chyulu Hills Conservation Trust |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Registered |
Not stated | 5,172,697 | 4,537,742 | Named place |
| Soubre Hydropower Project VCS1522 · Côte d'Ivoire · CI-ENERGIES |
Verra | Hydropower | Active Registered |
Not stated | 4,967,399 | 427,343 | Country only |
| Sustainable Deployment of the LifeStraw Family in rural Kenya GS886 · Kenya · Vestergaard Frandsen Group SA |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 4,476,205 | 4,447,661 | Project location |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Malawi - Pr... VCS2372 · Malawi · Bridge Carbon Africa Stoves Development Private Li... |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 4,444,642 | 2,496,222 | Country only |
| Promoting Improved Cooking practices in Nigeria GS7312 · Nigeria · Toyola Energy Services Limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 4,358,255 | 2,924,928 | Project location |
| GS1385 Man and Man Enterprise Improved Cooking Stoves Programme in Gha... GS2094 · Ghana · Man and Man Enterprise |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 4,066,482 | 2,150,788 | Project location |
| 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 |
| ADES Solar and efficient stoves in Madagascar GS464 · Madagascar · myclimate Foundation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 3,419,661 | 2,820,585 | Project location |
| GS10789 GS11671 VPA61: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in... GS11671 · Nigeria · Global Cookstoves Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 3,384,325 | 373,996 | Country only |
| 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 |
| Impact Carbon and myclimate Safe Water and Improved Cookstoves Global... GS2296 · Uganda · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 3,232,370 | 1,614,965 | Project location |
| Burn Stoves Project in Kenya GS5642 · Kenya · ECOA Climate Capital |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 2,948,369 | 2,794,231 | Programme location |
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.