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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EcoMakala Virunga Reforestation project GS5618 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · CO2logic |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 663,322 | 0 | Project location |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 005 VCS993 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 625,885 | 623,255 | Country only |
| North Pikounda REDD+ VCS1052 · Republic of the Congo · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Registered |
Not stated | 612,915 | 56,196 | Country only |
| Livelihoods' mangrove restoration grouped project in Senegalblue carbon VCS1318 · Senegal · Livelihoods Fund SICAV SIF (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 509,816 | 385,167 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS-CCB 011 VCS2497 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 508,539 | 309,440 | Country only |
| Kikonda Forest Reserve GS2990 · Uganda · Nile Fibreboard Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 500,935 | 474,603 | Project location |
| 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 |
| REFORESTATION OF DEGRADED FOREST RESERVE AREAS IN GHANA, WEST AFRICA VCS2410 · Ghana · Miro Forestry Developments Limited |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 399,740 | 395,024 | Country only |
| Bukaleba Forest Project VCS799 · Uganda · Busoga Forestry Co. Ltd (Subsidiary Green Resource... |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 351,909 | 193,540 | Named place |
| OYU - Reforesting Uganda for a better tomorrow VCS4888 · Uganda · OYU Green Private Limited (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 339,638 | 0 | Country only |
| Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project VCS1225 · Kenya · Vi Agroforestry Programme |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 325,825 | 195,129 | Country only |
| COMMUNITY BASED AVOIDED DEFORESTATION PROJECT IN GUINEA-BISSAU - REDD VCS2324 · Guinea-Bissau · BioGuinea Foundation (PP) |
Verra | REDD+ | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 302,043 | 141,566 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 009 VCS996 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 299,772 | 299,772 | Country only |
| Pendjari and W-Benin National Parks REDD+ Project VCS2538 · Benin · African Parks Benin (A Branch of African Parks Net... |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Registered |
Not stated | 290,700 | 0 | Named place |
| Grassland Restoration and Stewardship in South Africa (GRASS) VCS2931 · South Africa · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | Active Registered |
Not stated | 266,254 | 26,074 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 001 VCS824 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 245,014 | 244,505 | Country only |
| Humbo Ethiopia Assisted Natural Regeneration Project GS10220 · Ethiopia · World Vision Australia |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
smallholder or rural f... +2 | 240,371 | 226,995 | Named place |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 006 VCS995 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 168,442 | 155,897 | Country only |
| Orizon CarbonCrop Rewards Programme VCS3368 · South Africa · Orizon Agriculture (Pty) Ltd |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | Active Registered |
Not stated | 160,159 | 16,530 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS-CCB 010 VCS2339 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 155,813 | 128,241 | Country only |
| Sodo Ethiopia GS3007 · Ethiopia · World Vision Australia |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
smallholder or rural f... +1 | 116,275 | 156,690 | Project location |
| Sustainable Agroforestry Based Dairy Value Chain in Mount Elgon Kenya GS6588 · Kenya · Livelihoods Fund SICAV SIF |
Gold Standard | Sustainable Agriculture | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
smallholder or rural f... +1 | 111,343 | 6,467 | Corrected location |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 002 VCS825 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 95,277 | 95,277 | Country only |
| Komaza Smallholder Farmer Forestry Kenya VCS2623 · Kenya · Komaza Group Inc. (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 83,335 | 8,433 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 003 VCS827 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 80,538 | 80,538 | 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.