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Forest Carbon Projects in Africa


Are forest carbon projects in Africa green but mean?

ABSTRACT As a climate change mitigation strategy, emission reduction projects, such as those related to forest carbon, are being developed around the globe.

Carbon markets in Africa: balancing finance mobilization with ...

Benefitting optimally from carbon markets requires a clear focus on emission reductions, with revenue generation as a co-benefit.

Carbon credits are dispossessing African communities

Instead of cutting their emissions, big polluters are exploiting the continent's forests. With another round of the UN climate talks due to ...

Africa is poised to become the future of carbon supply - Catalyst Fund

Supporting new project types and methodologies: We need to expand “traditional” carbon projects, such as forestry and solar energy - which ...

Blue Carbon Buys Up Rights to Control Forest Lands Across Africa

Community groups in Liberia are already up in arms over a deal with Blue Carbon that has locked away forests in Gbarpolu, Lofa, Margibi, ...

Recent developments in African carbon markets | Bowmans

carbon offset projects in six countries on three continents. This study found that most of the projects had not reduced deforestation.

Forest Carbon Partnership: Home

REDD+ stands for countries' efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest… ... The FCPF was launched in 2007 at the UN Climate Change Conference in ...

How to make carbon markets work for Africa - Energy Monitor

Restoring African landscapes ... Beyond energy projects, it is also possible to design and implement nature-based carbon projects that can be ...

Carbon Markets for Africa: A Primer - AKMH

Africa has the potential for carbon credits projects in nature-based solutions (especially forest carbon), renewable energy projects, and cookstoves.

Rethinking Benefit Sharing in African Carbon Projects - FSD Africa

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+): An international mechanism under the. Paris Agreement that compensates countries for ...

Carbon Projects and Opportunities in Africa - decarbonfuse.com

Today, Africa makes up only about 2% of the global carbon market. With funding from the World Bank, Africa governments, and corporations, ...

Green Colonialism 2.0: Tree Plantations and Carbon Offsets in Africa

Green Colonialism 2.0: Tree Plantations and Carbon Offsets in Africa examines the African Forestry Impact Platform (AFIP) bankrolled by ...

Carbon Markets and Africa: A Quick Fact Sheet for Journalists

4) The Voluntary carbon market, which follows a similar project cycle to the JI and CDM, with the main difference that the credits are not uniformly issued or ...

With Africa's carbon sinks up for grabs, offset debate heats up | Context

From Kenya to Zimbabwe, swaths of African forest are being locked in carbon ... carbon footprint by funding pollution-reducing projects like ...

Kenyan farmers tap into international carbon market - Farm Africa

By planting trees and selling carbon credits, Kenyan farmers will be financially rewarded for their contribution to mitigate climate change.

So what: could Africa be the next big Carbon Project Market?

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) will roll out a $50 million (Sh70 billion) initiative to support carbon trade ...

Africa Forest Carbon Catalyst (AFCC) Director - Devex

The Africa Forest Carbon Catalyst (AFCC) Director leads TNC's work to incubate a portfolio of the most promising NCS enterprises and projects across Africa.

Economics of forest and forest carbon projects

This publication draws on lessons learned by project ac- tivities in the forest sector in Latin America, Africa and. Asia. We are thankful for the support ...

Land Grabs for Carbon | The Breakthrough Institute

Despite concerns about offsets, Africa's forest carbon is seen to be of enormous value. The Africa Carbon Markets Initiative, launched at ...

Forestry‐based carbon sequestration projects in Africa: Potential ...

This paper discusses ways to overcome critical challenges to scale up carbon investments in Africa. These projects are expected to sequester 26.85 million tCO ...