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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS5047 VPA21 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ny... GS6189 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 41,094 | 29,202 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 71 Lango Safe Water Project GS5106 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 41,078 | 38,861 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 124 Zoba Anseba Community Safe Water GS5953 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 41,048 | 29,197 | Programme location |
| GS12953 GS12954 RVPA-1 Pungue Project GS23309 · Mozambique · Removall |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 41,008 | 0 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA3 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Vir... GS5782 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 40,967 | 40,671 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 60 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Proj... GS4901 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 40,955 | 40,441 | Programme location |
| GS5047 VPA23 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ny... GS7148 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 40,893 | 32,624 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 202 Improved Kitchen Regimes Manica Province Safe Water (Mo... GS7474 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 40,797 | 19,885 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA2 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Vir... GS5781 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 40,645 | 40,349 | Project location |
| GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-5 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS... GS13120 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 40,562 | 0 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA34 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ny... GS7449 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 40,418 | 24,336 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 74 Lango Safe Water Project GS5188 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 40,352 | 37,583 | Programme location |
| GS5047 VPA24 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ny... GS7149 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 40,285 | 28,300 | Programme location |
| Vita Green Impact Programme – Ethiopia Stove Project GS12476 · Ethiopia · VITA GREEN IMPACT PROGRAMME DESIGNATED ACTIVITY CO... |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 40,199 | 0 | Country only |
| Expanding access to LPG in Burkina Faso through microfranchised distri... GS1146 · Burkina Faso · Entrepreneurs du Monde |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 40,055 | 30,052 | Project location |
| GS5658 VPA 8: The Community Safe Water (Madagascar) GS7090 · Madagascar · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
villages | 40,034 | 40,034 | Project location |
| GS5047 VPA25 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ny... GS7150 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 40,031 | 30,411 | Programme location |
| Composting of Municipal organic waste in Mahajanga (Madagascar) VCS353 · Madagascar · Goodplanet (PP) |
Verra | Composting | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 39,986 | 39,986 | Country only |
| Tugela Mill Fuel Switching Project - CER Conversion VCS1658 · South Africa · Credits transferred from approved GHG program |
Verra | Biomass | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 39,980 | 39,980 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 73 Lango Safe Water Project GS5187 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 39,843 | 39,017 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 156 Southern Ethiopia Community Protected Springs GS6836 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 39,730 | 25,995 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 126 Zoba Anseba Community Safe Water GS5955 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 39,639 | 30,637 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 178 Zoba Debub Community Boreholes GS7332 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 39,583 | 31,645 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 179 Zoba Debub Community Boreholes GS7333 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 39,548 | 30,854 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 78 Lango Safe Water Project GS5192 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 39,488 | 35,876 | 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.