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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DelAgua Clean Cooking Grouped Project in Sierra Leone VCS3837 · Sierra Leone · DelAgua Health Sierra Leone (Voluntary) Limited (P... |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 1,291,165 | 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 |
| GS1247 VPA 204 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7476 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 25,143 | 22,920 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 203 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7475 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 24,486 | 20,924 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 205 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7477 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 24,166 | 21,976 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 207 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7479 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 23,473 | 20,858 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 210 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7482 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 23,446 | 16,452 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 212 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7484 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 22,918 | 18,715 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 211 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7483 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 22,815 | 20,038 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 206 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7478 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 22,562 | 18,982 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 208 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7480 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 22,100 | 19,664 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 209 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7481 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 21,293 | 13,394 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 231 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS10663 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 9,498 | 5,600 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 232 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS10664 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 8,233 | 1,844 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 233 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS10665 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 6,532 | 2,986 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 6 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Bombali Borehole Project Sierra... GS2910 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | In the pipeline Listed |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 234 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS10666 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 235 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS10667 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 236 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS10668 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 237 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS10669 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 238 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS10670 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 239 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS10671 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 240 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS10672 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 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 |
| Improved cookstoves distribution in Sierra Leone - Northern region VCS5319 · Sierra Leone · Eni S.p.A. |
Verra | Cookstoves | 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.