Nature-based solutions

Explore restoration, conservation and urban catchment projects working with living ecosystems. Find who delivers the work, where it takes place and what its public sources report.

World map of project locationsKenya, 8 plotted of 13 listedColombia, 7 projectsIndonesia, 7 plotted of 8 listedBrazil, 6 projectsSenegal, 5 plotted of 9 listedDR Congo, 5 plotted of 6 listedIndia, 4 plotted of 5 listedMexico, 4 projectsTanzania, 4 plotted of 8 listedCôte d'Ivoire, 3 projectsPeru, 3 projectsCameroon, 3 projectsVietnam, 3 projectsUnited States, 3 projectsChina, 3 projectsNigeria, 3 plotted of 4 listedSierra Leone, 3 projectsMozambique, 3 plotted of 4 listedCambodia, 3 projectsZambia, 3 plotted of 4 listedMadagascar, 3 plotted of 4 listedSomalia, 2 plotted of 3 listedPanama, 2 projectsBhutan, 2 projectsNepal, 2 plotted of 3 listedPakistan, 2 projectsEthiopia, 2 plotted of 5 listedGhana, 2 plotted of 3 listedPhilippines, 2 plotted of 3 listedGuatemala, 2 projectsUganda, 2 plotted of 5 listedMalaysia, 2 projectsSouth Africa, 2 plotted of 3 listedEgypt, 2 projectsNamibia, 2 projectsChile, 2 projectsSri Lanka, 2 projectsUAE, 1 projectBolivia, 1 projectGuyana, 1 projectSolomon Islands, 1 projectMauritania, 1 plotted of 2 listedCentral African Republic, 1 projectBelize, 1 projectThailand, 1 projectDominican Republic, 1 projectBangladesh, 1 projectJordan, 1 projectParaguay, 1 projectCosta Rica, 1 projectMorocco, 1 projectFiji, 1 projectAngola, 1 projectBotswana, 1 projectGabon, 1 projectSudan, 1 projectMongolia, 1 projectChad, 1 plotted of 2 listedUzbekistan, 1 projectGuinea-Bissau, 1 projectArgentina, 1 projectZimbabwe, 1 projectLiberia, 1 projectGuinea, 1 projectNiger, 1 plotted of 3 listedOman, 1 projectTunisia, 1 projectHonduras, 1 plotted of 2 listedSuriname, 1 projectEcuador, 1 projectTogo, 1 projectSaudi Arabia, 1 projectBurundi, 1 projectMali, 1 plotted of 5 listedSeychelles, 1 projectHaiti, 1 plotted of 2 listedBenin, 1 projectDire Dawa, 1 projectJohannesburg, 1 projectKigali, 1 projectAustralia, 1 projectMyanmar, 1 projectBurkina Faso, 1 plotted of 2 listed
164 of 173 projects plotted · 81 countries · other projects remain in the directory

Map points show country or city context, not surveyed project boundaries. Geography is separate from the intervention filter.

Showing 18 / 173 projects
Mangrove forest in the Saloum Delta National Park, SenegalActivePhoto: cheikh pic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sine-Saloum Delta & Casamance estuary, Senegal

ABC Mangrove

Over 7,000 hectares of Senegalese tidal mangrove restored on a fully digitized VM0033 carbon workflow.

Verra VCS + CCB, VM0033 (digitized)View
Mangrove National Park, Abu Dhabi city, UAE. Location context only; not a photograph of project implementation.ActivePhoto: Location context · Tashmetova808 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2023 · Resized; display crop
Abu Dhabi coast; Jubail Island; Mirfa Lagoon, UAE

Abu Dhabi Blue Carbon / Jubail Mangrove Park Programme

A long-running, multi-partner mangrove programme on some of the world's oldest known mangrove restoration sites.

NoneView
Somalia farmers2. Location context only; not a photograph of project implementation.ActivePhoto: Location context · SGT. G.D. ROBINSON · Public domain · 1993 · Resized; display crop
Somalia (federal, multi-region)

Adaptive Agriculture and Rangeland Rehabilitation Project (A2R2)

A GEF-financed programme improving rangeland and water resource management for poor rural households across Somalia.

NoneView
Tidal mangrove forest, representative coastal blue-carbon habitat (representative imagery for Adiaké Blue Carbon).Early stagePhoto: Ourytima, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adiaké, near Ehotile Islands National Park, Côte d'Ivoire

Adiaké Blue Carbon

An early-stage coastal restoration billed as potentially West Africa's largest blue carbon project.

Voluntary market intended, no registry yetView
Thornicroft's giraffe in the South Luangwa region of Zambia, representative African-park wildlifeActivePhoto: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
13 countries across Africa; HQ Johannesburg, South Africa

African Parks

A conservation non-profit running 24 national parks across Africa under long-term government mandates.

Not applicable (protected-area manager)View
Boquete Cloud Forest 2. Location context only; not a photograph of project implementation.ActivePhoto: Location context · Paul Ottaviano · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2018 · Resized; display crop
National, Panama

Alianza por el Millón

Panama's national alliance restoring one million hectares of forest and riparian land by 2035.

none (national programme, not a registry project)View
Humid tropical forest, representative restoration landscape (representative imagery for Alto Huayabamba REDD+).ActivePhoto: Andyb3947, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
San Martin, Andean-Amazon, Peru

Alto Huayabamba REDD+

Avoided-deforestation and conservation concession in Peru's Andean-Amazon San Martin.

Verra VCS (project 1882) plus CCBView
Trees integrated into smallholder farmland, representative agroforestry restoration (representative imagery for ArBolivia).ActivePhoto: Vishmitha Hewamarambage, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Santa Cruz, La Paz, Beni and Cochabamba, Bolivia

ArBolivia

Smallholder agroforestry replacing monoculture and cattle across four departments

Plan VivoView
Iwokrama Rainforest, Guyana (12179003713). Location context only; not a photograph of project implementation.ActivePhoto: Location context · M M from Switzerland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 2014 · Resized; display crop
National, Guyana

ART TREES Guyana (Jurisdictional REDD+)

The first country ever credited under the ART TREES jurisdictional REDD+ standard.

ART TREES (REDD+ Environmental Excellence Standard)View
Azuero Reforestation climate context illustrationActive
Azuero Peninsula, Panama

Azuero Reforestation

Ponterra restoring degraded Panamanian ranchland with more than 75 native tree species.

Verra SD VISta Nature Framework, ARR methodology VM0047View
Babatana Rainforest Conservation Project (Sirebe Forest Carbon Project) climate context illustrationActive
Choiseul province, Solomon Islands

Babatana Rainforest Conservation Project (Sirebe Forest Carbon Project)

A locally led forest-carbon initiative across Choiseul province's Babatana language group.

Plan Vivo (PV Climate Version 4)View
BACoMaB trust fund, Mauritania climate context illustrationActive
Banc d'Arguin and Diawling National Parks, Mauritania

BACoMaB trust fund, Mauritania

An endowment fund that pays for the upkeep of Banc d'Arguin, Diawling and Mauritania's other coastal and marine protected areas from the returns on its capital.

NoneView
Bangui Supply Basin PES Pilot climate context illustrationEarly stage
Bangui wood-fuel supply basin, Central African Republic

Bangui Supply Basin PES Pilot

A UNDP pilot developing payments for environmental services in the Bangui wood-fuel supply basin.

NoneView
Belize Maya Forest REDD+ Project climate context illustrationActive
Orange Walk district, Belize

Belize Maya Forest REDD+ Project

A 40-year REDD+ crediting project protecting forest in Belize's Orange Walk district.

Verra VCS 3960 + CCB, methodology VM0007View
Mangrove at Bhitarkanika national Park. Location context only; not a photograph of project implementation.ActivePhoto: Location context · O'Hans · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2015 · Resized; display crop
Bhitarkanika National Park, Kendrapara district, Odisha, India

Bhitarkanika Mangrove Restoration

Mangrove restoration in Bhitarkanika National Park, Odisha, using the fishbone method of canal construction.

NoneView
Landscape of the mountains in Bhutan. Location context only; not a photograph of project implementation.Early stagePhoto: Location context · 2006nishan178713 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2021 · Resized; display crop
National (jurisdictional), Bhutan

Bhutan's TREES Concept (Jurisdictional REDD+ Program)

Bhutan's first published step toward jurisdictional REDD+ crediting under the ART Registry.

ART TREESView
Entrance to the Mami Water creek in Douala-Edéa National Park, CameroonEarly stagePhoto: Eric Joel MAMA NKE, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Douala-Edéa coastal mangroves, Cameroon

BluEdea Cameroon Mangrove Restoration

Apolownia's proposed BluEdea restoration around the Douala-Edéa coastal mangroves.

VM0033 cited by developer; VCS registration not established hereView
False-colour satellite view of Marismas Nacionales and Agua Brava in Nayarit, MexicoRegistration requestedPhoto: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 · European Union
Nayarit, Mexico

BlueMX Aztlán Blue Carbon Project

A filed blue-carbon restoration design for Nayarit’s coastal wetlands.

Verra VCS 2842 · VM0033 v2.1View