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

Countries covered

Funding instruments indexed

$4.2B

Capital flows tracked

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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

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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