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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
Tree Planting in South African townships
VCS720 · South Africa · Food and Trees for Africa (FTFA)
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 00 Country only
Peri-urban bamboo planting around South African townships
VCS721 · South Africa · Multiple Project Proponents
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 00 Country only
One True Measure (Pty) Ltd Solar PV Grouped Project in South Africa
VCS1545 · South Africa · One True Measure (Pty) Ltd
Verra Solar - Centralized In the pipeline
Under validation (Public comment p...
Not stated 00 Country only
A-Gas SA ODS Project
VCS2509 · South Africa · A-Gas South Africa (PP)
Verra Ozone Depleting Substances Recovery & Destruction In the pipeline
Pipeline listing (under developmen...
Not stated 00 Country only
Kruger to Canyons Rangeland Restoration Project
VCS3397 · South Africa · Conservation South Africa
Verra Sustainable Grassland Management Active
Verification approval requested
Not stated 00 Area centre
Eastern Cape Restoration Project, South Africa - Makhanda
VCS3627 · South Africa · EcoPlanet Bamboo Group, LLC (PP)
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation Active
Registered
Not stated 00 Country only
Eastern Cape Restoration Project, South Africa - Somerset East
VCS3628 · South Africa · EcoPlanet Bamboo Group, LLC (PP)
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation Active
Registered
Not stated 00 Country only
Eastern Cape Bamboo Forestry Project, South Africa
VCS3632 · South Africa · EcoPlanet Bamboo Group, LLC (PP)
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation Active
Registered
Not stated 00 Country only
Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in South Afric...
VCS3941 · South Africa · C-Quest Capital CR Stoves Pte. Ltd. (PP)
Verra Cookstoves Withdrawn or inactive
Withdrawn
Not stated 00 Country only
Carbon Disclosure SA Solar PV Grouped Project 1
VCS4799 · South Africa · Carbon Disclosure South Africa (Pty) Ltd (PP)
Verra Solar - Distributed Active
Verification approval requested
Not stated 00 Country only
Small Scale Solar Grouped Project in South Africa
VCS5023 · South Africa · Catalyst Incentive Solutions (Pty) Ltd (PP)
Verra Solar - Centralized In the pipeline
Under validation (Public comment p...
Not stated 00 Country only
SPEKBOOM RESTORATION PROJECT BEKA EMVA IGWANISHE - ISIXHOSA
VCS5027 · South Africa · Imperative South Africa Projects Pty Ltd
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation Active
Registered
Not stated 00 Country only
Small Scale LED Lighting Grouped Project in South Africa
VCS5208 · South Africa · Energy LED (Pty) Ltd (PP)
Verra Lighting In the pipeline
Under validation (Public comment p...
Not stated 00 Country only
OYU - Powering South African SMEs with Clean Energy
VCS5441 · South Africa · OYU Green Private Limited (PP)
Verra Solar - Distributed In the pipeline
Registration and verification appr...
Not stated 00 Country only
Electric Mobility Program South Africa
VCS5546 · South Africa · Zeroca B.V. (PP)
Verra Electric Vehicles & Charging In the pipeline
Registration requested
Not stated 00 Country only
A-Gas South Africa 2
VCS5668 · South Africa · A-Gas South Africa (Pty), Ltd.
Verra Ozone Depleting Substances Recovery & Destruction In the pipeline
Registration and verification appr...
Not stated 00 Country only
CARBON DISCLOSURE SA SOLAR PV GROUPED PROJECT 2
VCS5753 · South Africa · Carbon Disclosure South Africa (Pty) Ltd (PP)
Verra Solar - Distributed In the pipeline
Pipeline listing (under developmen...
Not stated 00 Country only
Scaw Rooftop Solar PV Grouped Project
VCS5785 · South Africa · Scaw South Africa (Pty) Limited
Verra Solar - Distributed In the pipeline
Under validation (Public comment p...
Not stated 00 Country only
Scaw Electric Arc Furnace Efficiency Project
VCS5827 · South Africa · Scaw South Africa (Pty) Limited
Verra Energy Efficiency In the pipeline
Pipeline listing (under developmen...
Not stated 00 Country only
South African Electrification Programme
VCS5861 · South Africa · Motion Energy Group Pty Ltd (PP)
Verra Electric Vehicles & Charging In the pipeline
Pipeline listing (under developmen...
Not stated 00 Country only
CARBON CONSERVANCY – FARMS WEST OF MUSINA (PLOT 1: LIMPOPO SAFARIS), S...
VCS5924 · South Africa · Last Wild Sanctuaries (Pty) Ltd (PP)
Verra REDD+ 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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