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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

ProjectRegistryTypeStatusCommunity IssuedRetiredLocation
Fuelling a greener future for farmers in Malawi through the use of Jat...
VCS898 · Malawi · Bio Energy Resources Limited (BERL)
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 00 Country only
Carbon Emissions Reduction Project in the Forest Corridor Ambositra-Vo...
VCS1047 · Madagascar · Govt. of Madagascar, Direction Generale des Forets
Verra REDD+ Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 00 Country only
FOUM EL OUED WIND FARM PROJECT
VCS1062 · Morocco · Energie Eolienne du Maroc
Verra Wind Withdrawn or inactive
Withdrawn
Not stated 00 Country only
Lighting up Africa
VCS1324 · South Africa · Standard Bank Plc
Verra Solar Lighting Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 00 Country only
Reforestation of deforested land in Madagascar
VCS1327 · Madagascar · EcoFormation (PP)
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 00 Country only
Renencom Afforestation/Reforestation Grouped Project
VCS1339 · South Africa · Renencom (PP)
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 00 Country only
Kuzuko Lodge Private Game Reserve thicket restoration project
VCS1343 · South Africa · Spekboom Trading (Pty) Ltd
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 00 Named place
HIMA (Hifadhi ya Misitu ya Asili ya jamii) REDD+ Program
VCS1381 · Tanzania · Multiple Project Proponents
Verra REDD+ In the pipeline
Pipeline listing (under developmen...
Not stated 00 Country only
East African Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation Program
VCS1443 · Ethiopia · Horn of Africa Regional Environment Center and Net...
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation Withdrawn or inactive
Registration request denied
Not stated 00 Country only
Pico Hydro-Electricity Dissemination programme for Rural Electrificati...
VCS1458 · Madagascar · Tany Meva Fundation
Verra Hydropower Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 00 Country only
Tsiazompaniry Hydropower Project in Madagascar
VCS1494 · Madagascar · HENRI FRAISE FILS & Cie
Verra Hydropower In the pipeline
Pipeline listing (under developmen...
Not stated 00 Country only
One True Measure (Pty) Ltd Solar PV Grouped Project in South Africa
VCS1545 · South Africa · One True Measure (Pty) Ltd
Verra Solar - Centralized In the pipeline
Under validation (Public comment p...
Not stated 00 Country only
The New Horizons (ATHLONE) Waste to Energy Project
VCS1643 · South Africa · New Horizons Waste to Energy (Pty) Ltd (PP)
Verra Waste Recycling In the pipeline
Pipeline listing (under developmen...
Not stated 00 Country only
Centrale Solaire de Malicounda - Groupe Solaria
VCS1652 · Senegal · SENELEC
Verra Solar - Centralized In the pipeline
Pipeline listing (under developmen...
Not stated 00 Country only
Improved Jikos Project in Kenya
VCS1662 · Kenya · ClimateCare Limited
Verra Cookstoves In the pipeline
Under validation (Public comment p...
Not stated 00 Country only
Musokotwane REDD+ Project
VCS1672 · Zambia · Zambruss Enterprises
Verra REDD+ Withdrawn or inactive
Withdrawn
Not stated 00 Country only
Gilé National Reserve REDD Project
VCS1674 · Mozambique · National Mozambican Public Agency for Parks and Re...
Verra REDD+ Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 00 Area centre
Beampingaratsy REDD Project
VCS1743 · Madagascar · BNC REDD+
Verra REDD+ In the pipeline
Registration requested
Not stated 00 Country only
The Haidar EL ALI Mangrove Initiative (HEAMI)blue carbon
VCS1760 · Senegal · Multiple Project Proponents
Verra Wetland Restoration Withdrawn or inactive
Withdrawn
Not stated 00 Country only
N2O ABATEMENT PROJECT AT AEL 9_
VCS1873 · South Africa · Multiple Project Proponents
Verra N2O Destruction in Nitric Acid Production Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 00 Country only
Tataouine Solar Photovoltaic Plant in Tunisia
VCS1963 · Tunisia · SEREE
Verra Solar - Centralized Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 00 Country only
Oualidia 1&2 Wind Projects
VCS1977 · Morocco · AERA Group (PP)
Verra Wind Withdrawn or inactive
Inactive
Not stated 00 Country only
200 MW Kom Ombo Solar PV Power Project In Egypt
VCS2046 · Egypt · ACWA Power Komombo for Energy
Verra Solar - Centralized Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 00 Country only
Jiro Kanto rural hydro-electricity in Alaotra-Mangoro
VCS2080 · Madagascar · BETC Nanala
Verra Hydropower Active
Registered
Not stated 00 Country only
Luviro hydro plant
VCS2318 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · AERA Group.
Verra Hydropower Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 00 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.
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