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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project VCS1468 · Kenya · Northern Rangelands Trust |
Verra | Sustainable Grassland Management | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 6,763,174 | 1,975,548 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 006 VCS899 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 1,001,808 | 984,120 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 005 VCS737 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 997,867 | 997,728 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Kenya, VCS 003 VCS596 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 68,288 | 68,288 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 001 VCS594 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 61,903 | 61,853 | Country only |
| Western Kenya Soil Carbon Project VCS3669 · Kenya · Soil-Carbon Certification Services (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | Active Registered |
Not stated | 57,955 | 73 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 002 VCS595 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 37,247 | 37,247 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 004 VCS597 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 30,575 | 30,575 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS-CCB 010 VCS2338 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 22,104 | 21,443 | Country only |
| Word Forest Kenya GS12361 · Kenya · The Word Forest Organisation |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Listed |
smallholder or rural f... +2 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Word Forest Kenya VPA001 GS12797 · Kenya · The Word Forest Organisation |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Listed |
smallholder or rural f... | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| REGENERATION KENYA (RK) GS13005 · Kenya · Earthbanc AB |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Listed |
smallholder or rural f... +1 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| REGENERATION KENYA (RK) VPA01 GS13006 · Kenya · Earthbanc AB |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Listed |
smallholder or rural f... +1 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Restore Africa: Restoring Landscapes and Livelihoods in Coastal Kenya GS23294 · Kenya · Global Evergreening Alliance |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Listed |
smallholder or rural f... +2 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Restore Africa: Restoring Landscapes and Livelihoods in Western Kenya... GS23295 · Kenya · Global Evergreening Alliance |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Listed |
smallholder or rural f... +2 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| CONSERVATION OF MIOMBOS IN TARU KENYA REDD+ VCS2363 · Kenya · Swiss carbon Value Ltd. |
Verra | REDD+ | Withdrawn or inactive Withdrawn |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Mount Kenya Regenerative Agroforestry Project VCS3321 · Kenya · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
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 |
| Restore Africa: Restoring trees and livelihoods in Kenya VCS4481 · Kenya · Global Evergreening Alliance |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Pipeline listing (under developmen... |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS-011 VCS4646 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Registration requested |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| OYU - Reforesting Kenya for a better tomorrow VCS4898 · Kenya · OYU Green Private Limited (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | 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.