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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Briquettes for Fossil Fuel Displacement in South Africa GS23399 · EcoLinks Co. Ltd |
Gold Standard | Biomass | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS23399 VPA-1 Renewable Biomass Briquette Production for Clean Energy GS23400 · EcoLinks Co. Ltd |
Gold Standard | Biomass | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| B10 - Brondal #1 ISOprj_1JTZ7NRK81S0GA0S · B10 |
ISO | Biochar | In the pipeline Under validation |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| BRT REA VAYA PHASE 1A AND 1B, SOUTH AFRICA VCS695 · City of Johannesburg: Transportation Department |
Verra | Mass Transit | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Tree Planting in South African townships VCS720 · Food and Trees for Africa (FTFA) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Peri-urban bamboo planting around South African townships VCS721 · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Lighting up Africa VCS1324 · Standard Bank Plc |
Verra | Solar Lighting | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Renencom Afforestation/Reforestation Grouped Project VCS1339 · Renencom (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Kuzuko Lodge Private Game Reserve thicket restoration project VCS1343 · Spekboom Trading (Pty) Ltd |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Named place |
| One True Measure (Pty) Ltd Solar PV Grouped Project in South Africa VCS1545 · One True Measure (Pty) Ltd |
Verra | Solar - Centralized | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| The New Horizons (ATHLONE) Waste to Energy Project VCS1643 · New Horizons Waste to Energy (Pty) Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Waste Recycling | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| N2O ABATEMENT PROJECT AT AEL 9_ VCS1873 · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | N2O Destruction in Nitric Acid Production | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| A-Gas SA ODS Project VCS2509 · A-Gas South Africa (PP) |
Verra | Ozone Depleting Substances Recovery & Destruction | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Project: 0545 Durban Landfill-gas-to-electricity project – Mariannhill... VCS2732 · eThekweni municipality cleansing & solid waste (PP... |
Verra | Landfill Methane | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| CNG AgriCarbon Rewards Programme 2 VCS3394 · Climate Neutral Group. (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Kruger to Canyons Rangeland Restoration Project VCS3397 · Conservation South Africa |
Verra | Sustainable Grassland Management | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Area centre |
| Portland: Regenerative Agriculture & native revegetation on degraded l... VCS3427 · Holmstone Pty. (Ltd.) (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Eastern Cape Restoration Project, South Africa - Makhanda VCS3627 · EcoPlanet Bamboo Group, LLC (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Eastern Cape Restoration Project, South Africa - Somerset East VCS3628 · EcoPlanet Bamboo Group, LLC (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Eastern Cape Bamboo Forestry Project, South Africa VCS3632 · EcoPlanet Bamboo Group, LLC (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Cultivating Carbon Regenerative Agriculture Project VCS3633 · Cultivating Carbon Proprietary Limited (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | In the pipeline Registration requested |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Nesa Solar PV Grouped Project VCS3659 · Nesa Power (PP) |
Verra | Solar - Distributed | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in South Afric... VCS3941 · C-Quest Capital CR Stoves Pte. Ltd. (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Withdrawn or inactive Withdrawn |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| CSA Carbon VCS4319 · C-SA Properties (Pty) Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| A-Thermal General & Hazardous Waste Treatment Plant VCS4584 · A-Thermal Retort Technologies (Pty) Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Waste Diversion | 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.