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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

ProjectRegistryTypeStatusCommunity IssuedRetiredLocation
Humbo Ethiopia Assisted Natural Regeneration Project
GS10220 · Ethiopia · World Vision Australia
Gold Standard Afforestation/Reforestation Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
smallholder or rural f... +2 240,371226,995 Named place
Sodo Ethiopia
GS3007 · Ethiopia · World Vision Australia
Gold Standard Afforestation/Reforestation Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
smallholder or rural f... +1 116,275156,690 Project location
Regenerate forest in Ethiopia: Support Carbon sequestration & wellbein...
GS11052 · Ethiopia · World Vision Finland
Gold Standard Afforestation/Reforestation Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
smallholder or rural f... +3 00 Country only
Small scale community-based afforestation program in Ethiopia
GS11798 · Ethiopia · Deactivated Projects
Gold Standard Afforestation/Reforestation In the pipeline
Listed
smallholder or rural f... 00 Country only
Small scale community-based afforestation program in Ethiopia – Konea
GS11856 · Ethiopia · Stiftung Menschen für Menschen
Gold Standard Afforestation/Reforestation In the pipeline
Listed
smallholder or rural f... 00 Country only
Sustainable Forestry in Gambella Ethiopia
GS13001 · Ethiopia · EcoNetix GmbH
Gold Standard Afforestation/Reforestation In the pipeline
Listed
Not stated 00 Area centre
Nature-based Solutions for Regenerated Forests and Community Resilienc...
GS23274 · Ethiopia · World Vision Australia
Gold Standard Afforestation/Reforestation In the pipeline
Listed
smallholder or rural f... +1 00 Country only
Nature-based Solutions for Regenerated Forests and Community Resilienc...
GS23275 · Ethiopia · World Vision Australia
Gold Standard Afforestation/Reforestation In the pipeline
Listed
smallholder or rural f... 00 Country only
ETHIOPIA AGROFORESTRY PROJECT ON SMALL-SCALE COFFEE PARCELS
VCS5054 · Ethiopia · The PURE PROJECT SAS (PP)
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation Withdrawn or inactive
Inactive
Not stated 00 Country only
CATALYZING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE THROUGH CARBON FINANCE IN ETHIOPIAN...
VCS5191 · Ethiopia · Multiple Project Proponents
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation In the pipeline
Under validation (Public comment p...
Not stated 00 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.
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