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Carbon Projects
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Carbon projects in South 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
179
77 active · 65 in the pipeline
Credits issued
25,223,698
tonnes CO₂-equivalent, all vintages
Credits retired
20,475,285
81% of issued
Nature-based · blue carbon
35 · 0
28 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
13 of 179 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 Restoration and Conservation of The Soutpansberg VCS5086 · Few & Far LLC (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Pipeline listing requested (under... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| THE SOUTPANSBERG RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION VCS5345 · Few & Far LLC (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Save the Sand VCS5375 · Sand Catchment Pty Ltd. (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Green Mpumalanga Project (GMP) VCS5486 · Regoapele Capital (PTY) LTD (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Grassland Management | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| uMkhanyakude Restoration Project VCS5506 · Afriwild Carbon Developments (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Grassland Management | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Area centre |
| Carbon Smart Farming Initiative VCS5651 · OYU Green Private Limited (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Karoo Sustainable Landscapes Program (KSLP) VCS5689 · Sayari Earth Limited (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Grassland Management | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| KwaZulu-Natal Sustainable Landscapes Program (KZNSLP) VCS5703 · Sayari Earth Limited (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Grassland Management | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Return to Thicket Restoration Project VCS5808 · Return to Thicket (Pty) Ltd. (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| CARBON CONSERVANCY – FARMS WEST OF MUSINA (PLOT 1: LIMPOPO SAFARIS), S... VCS5924 · Last Wild Sanctuaries (Pty) Ltd (PP) |
Verra | REDD+ | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
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.