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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Cape Restoration Project, South Africa - Somerset East VCS3628 · South Africa · EcoPlanet Bamboo Group, LLC (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Eastern Cape Bamboo Forestry Project, South Africa VCS3632 · South Africa · EcoPlanet Bamboo Group, LLC (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Cultivating Carbon Regenerative Agriculture Project VCS3633 · South Africa · Cultivating Carbon Proprietary Limited (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | In the pipeline Registration requested |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Papariko - Restoration of Degraded Mangrove Areas in Kenyablue carbon VCS3660 · Kenya · Vlinder Austria GmbH (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| DRC REDD+ Carbon Credit Harvesting Project VCS3711 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · R.E.D.D. Carbon Credit Harvesting L.P |
Verra | REDD+ | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Boomitra Carbon Farming in East Africa through Soil Enrichment VCS3774 · Kenya · Boomitra Inc (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Chirisa REDD+ Project VCS3811 · Zimbabwe · Carbon Green Investments Guernsey Limited (PP) |
Verra | REDD+ | Withdrawn or inactive Withdrawn |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Named place |
| BOUTILI AFFORESTATION & AGROFORESTRY PROJECT VCS3815 · Central African Republic · CENTRAFOREST (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Registration requested |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Community-based Mangrove Restoration Initiative – Lep Lepblue carbon VCS3885 · Senegal · Vlinder Austria GmbH (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| SHANGANI HOLISTIC PLANNED GRAZING CARBON PROJECT VCS3933 · Zimbabwe · SHANGANI HOLISTIC (PRIVATE) LIMITED |
Verra | Sustainable Grassland Management | In the pipeline Pipeline listing requested (under... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Rovuma Belt VCS3976 · Mozambique · Fundação para o Desenvolvimento de Palma |
Verra | REDD+ | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Nord-Ubangi and Sud-Ubangi REDD+ Project VCS3995 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | REDD+ | In the pipeline Pipeline listing requested (under... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Agroforestry For Livelihoods Project VCS3998 · Rwanda · Livelihoods Fund SICAV SIF (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Rejected by Administrator |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| PlantBenin VCS4033 · Benin · Sequoia Plantation Benin SAU |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Pipeline listing requested (under... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| African Parks Malawi Carbon Programme VCS4055 · Malawi · African Parks Network (PP) |
Verra | REDD+ | In the pipeline Pipeline listing requested (under... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| 1MTN Uganda Bamboo Planting Project VCS4123 · Uganda · 1MTN Nation UG OU (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Community Restoration of Native Ecosystems in Ghana VCS4126 · Ghana · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| NORTHERN DRC REDD+ PROJECT 1 VCS4154 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | REDD+ | In the pipeline Pipeline listing requested (under... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Bamboo Afforestation in Malawi VCS4155 · Malawi · C-Quest Capital SG Africa Holdings Private Limited... |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Withdrawn |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Regenerative Agroforestry Project Cameroon VCS4176 · Cameroon · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| NORTHERN DRC REDD+ PROJECT 2 VCS4208 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | REDD+ | In the pipeline Pipeline listing requested (under... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Rewilding Maforki VCS4255 · Sierra Leone · Rewilding Maforki Limited (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Registration requested |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Kalahari Grasslands Project VCS4266 · Botswana · Gazelle Ecosolutions (PP) |
Verra | REDD+ | In the pipeline Under validation (Public comment p... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| COMACO Landscape Management Project-South VCS4299 · Zambia · Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) |
Verra | REDD+ | Withdrawn or inactive Rejected by Administrator |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| PROJECT TOURBA - ADOPTION OF IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES TOWARDS C... VCS4300 · Morocco · InnovX |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | Active Registered |
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.