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Good practice ★ 73 Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Peatland ACTION (Scotland)

Scottish Government grant programme funding voluntary peatland restoration by landowners; 90,000 ha on path to recovery and 14,860 ha restored in 2024–25 …

Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Good practice ★ 73 Evidence: Observational / pre–post

New Zealand National Wilding Conifer Control Programme

National programme paying contractors to eliminate invasive wilding conifers from ~180,000 ha/year; wilding conifers remove up to 40% of catchment water. NZD …

Wellington, New Zealand
Good practice ★ 73 Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme (GCFRP)

World's first commodity-based REDD+ programme: 5.9 M ha of Ghana's High Forest Zone with 140,000+ cocoa farmers in 6 hotspot areas. World …

Kumasi, Ghana
Good practice ★ 73 Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Trees for Global Benefits (Plan Vivo, Uganda)

A 20-year Plan Vivo agroforestry-carbon scheme run by ECOTRUST: 50,000+ smallholders, 34,000 ha, ~7.5 MtCO2, US$8.7M in performance-based payments, with most revenue …

Mbarara, Uganda
Good practice ★ 67 Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

EthioTrees Dryland Restoration Project (Tigray, Ethiopia)

Plan Vivo- and Gold Standard-certified dryland restoration in Tigray, Ethiopia: landless and smallholder farmers have restored 30,000+ ha since 2016, sequestering a …

Dogu'a Tembien, Ethiopia