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★ 93
UK Peatland Code
The UK's quality-assurance standard for peatland restoration: it issues verified carbon units for rewetting degraded peat, delivering bundled carbon, water and biodiversity …
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★ 89
Green Belt Movement — Women-Led Reforestation and Environmental Governance, Kenya (1977–present)
Founded in 1977 by Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai, the Green Belt Movement mobilised rural Kenyan women to plant 51 million trees across …
Good practice
★ 87
Belarus National Peatland Rewetting Programme — 89,400 ha Restored (2007–2030)
Belarus has rewetted 89,400 hectares of degraded peatlands since 2007—the largest UNDP-supported peatland restoration programme in Europe—cutting ~3 million tCO₂e over 20 …
Good practice
★ 87
Mpingo Conservation & Development Initiative (Tanzania)
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+ …
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★ 87
Katingan Mentaya REDD+ Peatland Conservation Project (Indonesia)
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 …
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★ 87
Working for Water (South Africa)
Since 1995 South Africa has paid the unemployed to clear water-hungry invasive alien plants — 2.5M+ hectares cleared and 300,000+ people employed …