African Conservation Finance · Est. 2026

The complete resource for conservation finance in Africa

Every project. Every funding instrument. Every policy development. Tracked, organised, and explained for funders, developers, and policymakers working at the frontier of conservation finance.

147
Active projects tracked
54
Countries covered
23
Funding instruments indexed
$4.2B
Capital flows tracked
Featured projects View all 147 →
South Africa · Mpumalanga ARR · VM0047
Save the Sand
7.3M tCO₂e · 40,000 ha · CCB Gold
Article 6.2 pathway Community co-owned Under validation
Burkina Faso · Sahel ARR · VM0047
Tond Tenga
3.7M tCO₂e · 12,000 ha · CCP approved
Great Green Wall 185 villages Issuance 2027
Kenya · Lamu Blue Carbon
Mikoko Pamoja
3,000 tCO₂e/yr · 117 ha · Gold Standard
Mangrove restoration Community-led Issuing
Latest intelligence View all →
Carbon markets South Africa advances Article 6.2 bilateral framework — ITMO eligibility criteria published Today
Funding Bezos Earth Fund opens $200M African biodiversity round — applications open May 2026 2 days ago
Policy World Bank approves $500M debt-for-nature framework for Sub-Saharan Africa 4 days ago
Science New meta-analysis confirms community-managed lands match state protected areas on biodiversity outcomes 1 week ago
Funding instruments View all 23 →
Voluntary carbon credits
VCS, Gold Standard, and CCB-certified credits from nature-based projects. Purchased by corporates for net-zero commitments.
Voluntary
Article 6.2 ITMOs
Internationally transferred mitigation outcomes traded bilaterally between sovereign states under the Paris Agreement.
Compliance
Debt-for-nature swaps
Sovereign debt restructured in exchange for binding conservation commitments. Growing rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Sovereign