Tanzania's carbon-market regime is set out in the Environmental Management (Control and Management of Carbon Trading) Regulations 2022 (Government Notice No. 636, 28 October 2022), whose stated objective is "to provide for the control and management of carbon trading projects," applying to all types of carbon-trading project in Mainland Tanzania. It establishes a Designated National Authority and National Focal Point, an ad hoc National Carbon Projects Assessment Technical Committee, and a Registrar. Tanzania's July 2021 NDC commits to "reduce greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide between 30-35% relative to the Business-As-Usual (BAU) scenario by 2030," a substantial rise from the 10 to 20% range in its first NDC.
Projects
Beyond Biomass Tanzania
UpEnergy's metered electric cookstove programme in Tanzania, certified by Gold Standard as GS12082.
Carbon Tanzania
Community-owned forest carbon projects protecting Hadza homelands, miombo woodland and chimpanzee habitat across Tanzania.
Eden: People+Planet
Hiring local people to restore mangroves and forests across the Global South, one village at a time.
JUMEME Mini-Grids, Lake Victoria
Solar-hybrid mini-grids on Lake Victoria islands, co-funded by the European Union Energy Facility.
Makame Savannah REDD+
Maasai-governed dryland forest protection across a community Wildlife Management Area.
Nguru Mountains Reforestation
Integrated restoration and agroforestry in an Eastern Arc endemism hotspot, using around 120 native tree species.
Ntakata Mountains REDD+
Village-governed miombo woodland protection and chimpanzee habitat in western Tanzania.
Restore Africa
A six-country restoration programme whose lead organisation entered liquidation in July 2026.
Tanzania Domestic Biogas Programme (TDBP)
SNV-managed national biogas programme, part of the Africa Biogas Partnership Programme since 2009.
TIST: The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program
Subsistence farmers in small groups planting and GPS-counting tens of millions of trees for carbon income.
Trees for the Future
Farmers planting Forest Gardens to end hunger, restore degraded land, and break the cycle of poverty.
Regulation
Carbon market
"2. These Regulations shall apply to all types of carbon trading project in Mainland Tanzania." / "5.-(1) The objective of these Regulations is to provide for the control and management of carbon trading projects."reg. 2 (Application); reg. 5 (Objective)
Governs all carbon trading projects in Mainland Tanzania under the Environmental Management Act (Cap. 191), establishing a Designated National Authority/National Focal Point, a National Carbon Projects Assessment Technical Committee, and a Registrar/Register (Part XI).
Issuing body: Designated National Authority / National Focal Point, under the Vice President's Office · Corroborated