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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oubangui Redd+Project VCS4407 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | REDD+ | In the pipeline Pipeline listing requested (under... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Lake Victoria Watershed Agroforestry Carbon Project VCS4408 · Kenya · Trees for the Future Inc. (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Biogas Project by Empower Capital in Egypt VCS4437 · Egypt · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Manure Methane Digester | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Kenya Organic Waste Diversion and Bioconversion Project VCS4464 · Kenya · Native, a Public Benefit Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Waste Diversion | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Karidja forest restoration project VCS4473 · Côte d'Ivoire · aDryada (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Restore Africa: Restoring trees and livelihoods in Kenya VCS4481 · Kenya · Global Evergreening Alliance |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Nkhotakota Solar PV project VCS4486 · Malawi · Serengeti Nkhotakota Limited |
Verra | Solar - Centralized | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Agroforestry For Livelihoods VCS4488 · Rwanda · Livelihoods Fund SICAV SIF (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Registration and verification appr... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Electrify Africa VCS4524 · Kenya · ARC Ride Limited (PP) |
Verra | Electric Vehicles & Charging | In the pipeline Registration and verification appr... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| The Republic of the Congo Improved Forest Management Project VCS4525 · Republic of the Congo · Société d'Exploitation Forestière Yuan Dong |
Verra | Improved Forest Management | Withdrawn or inactive Withdrawn |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| The Zambia Project -- Safe drinking water supply project in Western Za... VCS4538 · Zambia · Xpotential Mining Services (Pty) Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Clean Water | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 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 |
| Leconi Agroforestry Project in Haut-Ogooue (LAPHO) VCS4543 · Gabon · AERA Group (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| ALLCOT BLUE CARBON MANGROVE PROJECT IN SENEGAL (ABC Mangrove Senegal)blue carbon VCS4563 · Senegal · Allcot Limited (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| A-Thermal General & Hazardous Waste Treatment Plant VCS4584 · South Africa · A-Thermal Retort Technologies (Pty) Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Waste Diversion | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Better cooking for a better health In Rusizi district - Rwanda VCS4585 · Rwanda · Kiasi Energies (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Kwango River Project, Democratic Republic of Congo VCS4617 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · FRM Commitment (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Registration requested |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| REDD+ Mwali Project VCS4623 · Comoros · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | REDD+ | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Scarcies Mangrove Rewilding Projectblue carbon VCS4644 · Sierra Leone · Forest and Mangrove Protection Limited (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | Withdrawn or inactive Inactive |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Named place |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS-011 VCS4646 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Registration requested |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| One Mara Carbon Project VCS4659 · Kenya · OMCP MARA CARBON LIMITED |
Verra | Sustainable Grassland Management | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| SOIL CARBON MANAGEMENT FOR IMPROVED GRASSLAND: LIMPOPO-LIPADI, BOTSWAN... VCS4670 · Botswana · Carbon Credit Capital LLC. (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Grassland Management | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Hive Ecosystems project VCS4698 · South Africa · HIVE ECOSYSTEMS (PTY) LTD (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Registration requested |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Baviaanskloof Carbon Project VCS4699 · South Africa · Baviaanskloof Bewarea NPC (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| NATURE PANELS, GABON VCS4706 · Gabon · ARISE IIP (PP) |
Verra | Waste Recycling | In the pipeline Registration requested |
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.