Topic: Forest carbon clear · back to the knowledge map
Most practices in: Ethiopia (3) · Indonesia (3) · Kenya (3)
Africa's first FSC community forest (2009): MCDI supports 40+ communities managing 410,000+ ha of Tanzanian miombo woodland, with 150,000 ha FSC-certified. REDD+ …
World's largest forest-based avoided-emissions project: 157,875 ha of tropical peatland in Central Kalimantan verified at 7.5M tCO2e/yr under Verra VCS+CCB Gold, protecting …
Since 1997, TNC and partners paid Bolivia to retire logging rights on ~600,000 ha of Amazon/Cerrado forest bordering Noel Kempff Mercado National …
World's largest mangrove restoration: 350,000 ha of Indus Delta, protecting 102,000 ha and restoring 225,000 ha. VCS + CCB certified; 142 Mt …
FMNR of 2,728 ha of degraded Ethiopian hillsides; 7 cooperatives established 2005; Africa's first CDM forestry project (2012); 880,000 tCO2e over 30 …
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 …
The world's first national REDD+ programme in the FCPF Carbon Fund (Dec 2016); verified 3.89 M tCO2e for 2019–2020, earning DRC USD …
Kenya's first REDD+ project: Wildlife Works protects 200,000 ha of dry Acacia-Commiphora forest between Tsavo East and West National Parks, with 13.9 …
Aboriginal-owned carbon project in western Arnhem Land: Traditional Owners apply strategic early dry-season burning over 28,000 km2 to reduce late-season wildfires, earning …
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 …
The UK's government-backed standard for woodland-creation carbon: validated projects are predicted to sequester ~13 MtCO2 over their lifetime, with a public registry …
Plan Vivo- and Gold Standard-certified dryland restoration in Tigray, Ethiopia: landless and smallholder farmers have restored 30,000+ ha since 2016, sequestering a …
Blue Ventures and Velondriake communities protect 1,200+ hectares of mangroves in southwest Madagascar under Plan Vivo + CCB Gold—the world's first validated …
Plan Vivo-certified community carbon project in La Mosquitia—Honduras's last large primeval forest. Miskito fire brigades protect 1,600+ ha of pine savanna; ~400 …
World's first jurisdictional REDD+ system (Acre State Law 2.308/2010), covering 15.4 M ha of Amazon forest; Standard Chartered-CDSA partnership to sell up …
Indonesia's FCPF ERPA for East Kalimantan (signed Nov 2020) commits up to US$110 million for 22 million tCO2e; in Nov 2022, Indonesia …
PNG's REDD+ programme verified 17M tCO₂e of avoided deforestation (2014–2016), earning USD 63.4M in GCF results-based payments (July 2025). Covers 1.4M ha …
Plan Vivo–certified community reforestation with 4,000+ smallholder families across 17,000+ ha in Estelí highlands. All 2015–2021 credits independently verified; US$3.1M paid to …
Malaysia's first certified nature-based carbon project: 83,381 ha of Bornean dipterocarp rainforest in Sabah, verified under Verra VCS+CCB. First VCUs issued March …
World's oldest operational carbon market project (1994), led by indigenous and mestizo farming communities in Chiapas under Plan Vivo. Covers 9,150 ha …
Community-led mangrove restoration in Casamance and Sine-Saloum: 10,000 ha, 80 million trees planted by 2012, Verra-certified; 600,000 tCO2e over 20 years; 350 …
WCS-managed REDD+ project protecting 372,470 ha of primary rainforest and 73 community forests in NE Madagascar. VCS + CCB Gold certified; 1.2 …
World's first VCS Triple Gold CCB REDD+ project: 13 community forestry groups protect 67,783 ha in Oddar Meanchey. Expected to reduce 7.1 …
Africa's largest REDD+ project: BioCarbon Partners protects 2.1M ha of Zambian miombo woodland with 30 chiefdoms and 230,000 people. VCS+CCB 4th verification …
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