Reforestation & ARR
Afforestation, reforestation and revegetation projects regrowing forest on degraded land, increasingly sold to hyperscaler buyers.
Regions and countries
The hub's profiled projects and the registry entries are counted together. An entry that names several countries is counted under each.
Africa58
Asia and the Pacific41
| Country | Entries |
|---|---|
| Australia | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 2 |
| China | 15 |
| India | 13 |
| Laos | 2 |
| Malaysia | 1 |
| Mongolia | 1 |
| Pakistan | 1 |
| Philippines | 3 |
| Timor-Leste | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 |
Latin America and the Caribbean74
| Country | Entries |
|---|---|
| Argentina | 3 |
| Bolivia | 2 |
| Brazil | 9 |
| Chile | 2 |
| Colombia | 12 |
| Costa Rica | 1 |
| Guatemala | 3 |
| Haiti | 1 |
| Honduras | 2 |
| Mexico | 6 |
| Nicaragua | 4 |
| Panama | 6 |
| Paraguay | 6 |
| Peru | 5 |
| Suriname | 1 |
| Uruguay | 11 |
Other regions3
| Country | Entries |
|---|---|
| Jordan | 1 |
| United States | 2 |
Projects
Adaptive Agriculture and Rangeland Rehabilitation Project (A2R2)
A GEF-financed programme improving rangeland and water resource management for poor rural households across Somalia.
Alianza por el Millón
Panama's national alliance restoring one million hectares of forest and riparian land by 2035.
ArBolivia
Smallholder agroforestry replacing monoculture and cattle across four departments
Azuero Reforestation
Ponterra restoring degraded Panamanian ranchland with more than 75 native tree species.
Brazil Cerrado 1
Verra VCS 5511 in Mato Grosso do Sul: eucalyptus on former pasture and native Cerrado restoration, first to be issued VM0047 credits according to Verra.
Brujula Verde
High-integrity savanna restoration in the Colombian Orinoco
Chestnut Sustainable Restoration Project
Native forest restored on marginal agricultural land across the Southeastern United States, as an afforestation project on the Gold Standard registry.
China Afforestation Portfolio
A multi-province portfolio restoring degraded and desertifying land with native species
Climate Resilient Participatory Afforestation and Reforestation Project (CRPARP)
A Bangladesh Forest Department programme reforesting coastal and hill districts.
Collaborative Rangelands Restoration
A community-based rangeland rehabilitation partnership recognised as a UN World Restoration Flagship.
DARED: Development of Arganiculture Orchards in Degraded Environment
A Green Climate Fund programme planting 10,000 hectares of argan orchards inside a UNESCO biosphere reserve.
EcoMakala-Virunga
WWF-led tree plantations supplying legal, sustainable charcoal to relieve deforestation pressure on Virunga National Park.
Ecosystem Restoration in Angola's Extended Central Plateau
A GEF/UNDP restoration programme across Angola's headwaters plateau, newly begun.
Ecosystem-Based Adaptation and Mitigation in Botswana's Communal Rangelands
A Green Climate Fund programme applying the 'Herding for Health' model across 4.6 million hectares of communal rangeland.
EthioTrees
Community-led regeneration of degraded Afromontane landscapes in Tigray, with a majority of credit income flowing back to local groups.
GAMS: Gums for Adaptation and Mitigation in Sudan
A Green Climate Fund programme restoring gum agroforestry across Sudan's Kordofan gum belt and the Great Green Wall.
Ghana Shea Landscapes (GSLERP)
GEF-financed restoration of degraded savannah land across northern Ghana, led by UNDP and the Forestry Commission.
Gorongosa Coffee & Agroforestry
Reforesting Mount Gorongosa's slopes with shade-grown coffee and native trees.
Grassland Carbon Restoration Project (ADB pilot)
An ADB pilot exploring carbon crediting for improved Mongolian grazing and grassland management.
Great Green Wall, Chad
Chad's national Great Green Wall programme, run by a national agency created by decree in 2012.
Great Green Wall, Senegal
Senegal's national section of the Great Green Wall, run by the Agence Sénégalaise de la Reforestation et de la Grande Muraille Verte across 131 communes.
Green Aral Sea
UNDP's crowdfunding initiative planting saxaul on the dried bed of the Aral Sea in Karakalpakstan to hold down salt and sand storms.
Green Samar
Restoration and protection of 120,000 ha in Samar Island Natural Park, led by aDryada with the Philippines' environment department.
Haut-Sassandra Agroforest
A 70,000-hectare agreement to rehabilitate the degraded Haut-Sassandra forest reserve through zero-deforestation agroforestry.
Hongera Reforestation
Restoring degraded water-catchment forest on Mount Kenya and the Aberdares, targeting 27,800 hectares and around 10.7 million trees.
Humbo Assisted Natural Regeneration
Described by World Vision as Africa's first forestry project to earn UN-administered carbon credits, restoring degraded hillsides above Lake Abaya.
Iberá Rewilding / Wetlands Restoration
A wetlands restoration project in Argentina's Iberá, reintroducing jaguars after 70 years' absence.
Ibi Batéké Carbon Sink Plantation
According to the UNFCCC CDM registry, DR Congo's first CDM project afforests degraded Batéké savanna for fuelwood and carbon.
Instituto Terra Atlantic Forest Restoration
A native-species nursery and replanting programme restoring a degraded cattle ranch in the Rio Doce basin.
Iroko Restoration
Restoring 14,000 hectares of degraded Congo Basin rainforest across two communal forests.
Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project (KACP)
A Kenyan smallholder sustainable-agriculture project certifying soil-carbon credits, storing carbon in both trees and soil.
Kikonda Forest Reserve Reforestation
Reforestation of a central Ugandan forest reserve in the Kafu river catchment, with over eight million trees established.
Kukumuty
Community-led miombo enrichment and agroforestry, certified under Plan Vivo's PV Climate standard.
Kuzuko Spekboom Restoration
Replanting spekboom to restore degraded Albany Thicket inside a protected Eastern Cape reserve.
Mount Pinatubo Reforestation Project
Described by its developer Green Carbon as the first Verra-accepted reforestation project developed by a Japanese company, on Mt. Pinatubo.
Namibian Bush Biomass: Rangeland Restoration
A commercial bush-biomass value chain restoring bush-encroached rangeland across Namibia.
Nguru Mountains Reforestation
Integrated restoration and agroforestry in an Eastern Arc endemism hotspot, using around 120 native tree species.
Niger Acacia Senegal Plantation Project
Gum arabic plantations restoring degraded Sudano-Sahelian drylands that cannot regenerate naturally.
Olympic Forest – Mali and Senegal
A Plan Vivo-certified agroforestry programme across the Sahel, framed as a Great Green Wall contribution.
Osun State Reforestation
A COP28 agreement to reforest 20,000 hectares in Osun State, part of aDryada's Nigerian nature-based portfolio.
Panna Afforestation
Farmer-led afforestation anchoring a 30-year Microsoft removal offtake
PARFD agroforestry and forest landscape restoration, Tunisia
A public project restoring degraded state forest and bringing agroforestry onto farmland at the forest edge in Béja, Siliana and Bizerte.
Paskaia (Mosquitia Reforestation)
Native-species planting and assisted regeneration with the Indigenous Miskito people of La Mosquitia.
Patagonia National Park / Chacabuco Valley Grassland Restoration
A former sheep and cattle ranch rewilded into Patagonia National Park after 80 years of overgrazing.
Pomeroon Trading Coconut Agroforestry & Mangrove Restoration
Coconut and hardwood agroforestry on a leased Surinamese government farm site, with mangrove restoration planned alongside.
Project Buffalo
Restoring 15,000 ha of degraded community land in the Upper Guinean Forest, with a Microsoft carbon-removal offtake.
Project Colobus
Rainforest Builder's Ghana ARR project restoring degraded community land in the Upper Guinean Forest.
Project Yopo
A planned native-forest restoration project in Vichada, co-developed by aDryada and BaumInvest.
ProjectTogo
A long-running Gold Standard certified afforestation programme restoring degraded land across three regions of Togo.
ReforesTerra
Reforest'Action and Rioterra restoring 2,000 hectares of degraded pasture in the Amazon.
Reforesting Degraded Appalachian Mine and Agricultural Lands
Abandoned coal-mine land and degraded agricultural land in Appalachia reforested with native trees, on the Isometric registry.
Reforesting the Brazilian Amazon Project 1
Degraded Amazon pastureland in Pará restored with native tree species, on the Isometric registry.
Regreening Africa
A UN World Restoration Flagship regreening degraded farmland across eight African countries.
Restore Africa
A six-country restoration programme whose lead organisation entered liquidation in July 2026.
Restore Local: Lake Kivu and Rusizi River Basin (Burundi Component)
A TerraFund for AFR100 restoration programme in Burundi's degraded western provinces.
Sabah INFAPRO Rainforest Rehabilitation Project
A forest rehabilitation effort restoring logged-over dipterocarp rainforest in Sabah.
Sahel Eco Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration
A farmer-managed natural regeneration programme across Mali's Mopti and Ségou regions.
Satrokala Dry Forest Restoration
Large-scale afforestation and reforestation restoring Madagascar's fragile southern dry forests.
Scolel'te
Described by Plan Vivo as the world's longest-running ecosystem services project on the Voluntary Carbon Market, running since 1994.
SEKEM Tree Project
Described by SEKEM as the first Gold Standard certified project in Egypt and the Middle East, on a single desert-reclamation farm.
Smallholder Farmers Alliance: Haiti Agroforestry
A 'tree currency' agroforestry model across ten branch locations in Haiti.
Southwest Sichuan Giant Panda Habitat Restoration Forestry Carbon Project
A TNC-Disney partnership restoring fragmented giant panda habitat in Sichuan.
SURAGGWA: Scaling-Up Resilience in the Great Green Wall
A 222 million USD Green Climate Fund programme to restore Sahelian landscapes across eight Great Green Wall countries.
Talia Restoration
In-perpetuity woodland restoration and biolink on the Eyre Peninsula
Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme
A national afforestation programme aiming for ten billion trees by 2023.
THANRY Tiapleu Afforestation
Afforestation of a degraded classified forest under a 50-year concession in western Côte d'Ivoire.
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.
Tond Tenga
Registered under a CCP-approved Verra methodology, restoring degraded Sahelian land through community agroforestry.
Trees for Global Benefits
A performance-based smallholder agroforestry scheme running since 2003, now spanning 26 districts of Uganda's Albertine Rift.
WeForest Copperbelt
Restoring degraded miombo woodland on Copperbelt farmland through natural regeneration and agroforestry.
XiCO2e Mexican Reforestation
Verra-registered reforestation of degraded farmland in southern and northern Mexico
Yunnan Disney Degraded Land Vegetation Restoration Forestry Carbon Project
A TNC-Disney partnership restoring degraded land in Yunnan with native tree species.
Also listed in the registries
- ACP Sustainable Forest Cover Establishment Project
- Afforestation and restoration of degraded forests in Eastern Paraguay or Forestal Azul Carbon Project
- Afforestation in cooperation with local landowners for Forestal San Pedro S.A
- Afforestation in Eucalyptus and Acacia plantations for Burapha Agroforestry Co., Ltd.
- Afforestation of degraded grasslands in Caazapa and Guairá
- AFFORESTATION OF DEGRADED GRASSLANDS IN VICHADA, COLOMBIA
- Afforestation on Degraded Lands in Mountainous Areas of Northern Guangdong China
- Afforestation Project in Tongliao Inner Mongolia
- Afforestation Project in Xining City
- Agroforestry and forest restoration for ecological connectivity, poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation in Cerro San Gil, Caribbean Guatemala
- Agroforestry and reforestation with small-scale farmers in Uganda
- Agroforestry plantation Bateke Plateau, Republic of Congo
- Agroforestry plantations in India
- Alto Huayabamba: Carbon Dioxide sequestration through reforestation with small-scale farmers in Peru, San Martin Region
- Aprosacao Reforestation Project: community reforestation and agroforestry with small-scale cocoa farmers in Honduras.
- Araku Valley Livelihood Project
- ArBolivia- Phase II
- ARJUNA PROJECT - REFORESTATION AND SILK TREE PLANTATION, INDIA
- Bagepalli CDM Reforestation Programme
- Bamboo plantations by farmers and community in the country
- BaumInvest Reforestation Project
- Bosques del Uruguay Afforestation through High Quality Timber in Grasslands Project
- Bosques del Uruguay II (BDU II) Afforestation through High Quality Timber in Grasslands Project
- Bukaleba Forest Project
- Community-based reforestation project on degraded lands in Uttar Pradesh, India by Indian Farm Forestry Development Co-operative Limited
- CREATING LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES AND CARBON CREDIT INCOME FOR SMALLHOLDER FARMERS THROUGH HORTICULTURAL PLANTATIONS IN BANGLADESH
- Cumare carbon project
- ECO2 Rubber Forests Guatemala
- EcoPlanet Bamboo Central America - Reforestation Project
- EDS GREEN CARBON PROJECT
- 'El Arriero ' Afforestation on degraded grasslands under extensive grazing project
- ENHANCING LIVELIHOOD OF TRIBAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH AFFORESTATION IN SOUTH INDIA
- Forestal Apepu Carbon Project
- Forestry Project for the Basin of the Chinchina River, an Environmental and Productive Alternative for the City and the Region
- Forteko afforestation on degraded grasslands under extensive grazing
- Fresh Breeze Afforestation Project
- Gansu Dingxi Afforestation Project
- Gansu Lanzhou Afforestation Project
- Gansu Tianshui Afforestation Project
- Generation Forest Group Project
- Grouped Project for Commercial Forest Plantations Initiatives in the Department of Vichada
- Grouped Project for restoration of degraded lands in Jaguar Corridors, Colombia
- Grouped Reforestation Project by Cropzone Agro Forestry Private Limited
- 'Guanaré' Forest Plantations on degraded grasslands under extensive grazing
- Haidong Afforestation Project
- HG Afforestation Through High Quality Timber Over Degraded Grasslands
- Integrated Project for Reforestation and Agroforestry on Degraded lands in Nicaragua
- ITAA afforestation on degraded grasslands under extensive grazing
- Jatropha Agroforestry Senegal
- JOil Jatropha plantation in Ghana
- Jubilación Segura : Agroforestry And Reforestation With Smallscale Farmers in Peru
- Kijani Forestry smallholder farmer forestry project
- Komaza Smallholder Farmer Forestry Kenya
- Kwamisa/Other reserves community Forest Project
- Lumin/Eucapine Uruguay Forest Plantations on degraded grasslands under extensive grazing
- Mahogany Plantation in India
- Mindanao Tree Planting Program for our Climate and Communities (MinTrees)
- Mitigation of GHG: Rubber based agro-forestry system for sustainable development and poverty reduction in Pakkading, Bolikhamsay Province, Lao PDR
- Mixed afforestation with native and non-native species in Argentina-I
- Montes del Este afforestation through high quality timber in degraded grasslands
- Multi-Species Reforestation in Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Natural High Forest Rehabilitation Project on degraded land of Kibale National Park
- OKA 2 PROJECT
- OYU - Reforesting Uganda for a better tomorrow
- Panama Tropical Reforestation
- Promoting Sustainable Development through Natural Rubber Tree Plantations in Guatemala
- Proyecto de Captura de Carbono Forestal en Bienes Comunales de Santiago Tlacotepec
- Qinghai Afforestation Project
- RE.GREEN AMAZON FOREST REFORESTATION/RESTORATION PROJECT
- RE.GREEN ATLANTIC FOREST REFORESTATION/RESTORATION PROJECT
- Reforestation Grouped Project at Pratigi Environmental Protection Area
- Reforestation grouped project Norteak Nicaragua
- REFORESTATION OF DEGRADED FOREST RESERVE AREAS IN GHANA, WEST AFRICA
- Reforestation of Degraded Forest Reserves in Ghana
- Reforestation of degraded grasslands in Uchindile & Mapanda, Tanzania
- Reforestation of degraded land by MTPL in India
- Reforestation of degraded land in Chhattisgarh, India
- Reforestation of Degraded Lands in Sierra Leone
- Reforestation of pastures in Campo Verde with native species, Pucallpa, Peru
- Reforestation Program in the Southeastern Region of Nicaragua on degraded pastureland
- Reforestation Project in Qinghai Province 2012
- Reforestation Project in Yingjing County, Sichuan Province
- Reforestation Sierra Piura
- Reforestation with Teak CO2e TEAKMEX
- Reforesting Degraded Lands in Chile through the use of Mycorrhizal Inoculation
- Reforesting the Land of the Jaguar
- Regenerating Colombian Coffee Ecosystems
- Restoration of degraded areas and reforestation in Cáceres and Cravo Norte, Colombia
- Revegetation with fruit trees in North Manica Province, Mozambique
- Saving Colombia's Cloud Forest
- Shade Coffee & Cacao Reforestation Project
- Shanxi Loufan Afforestation Project
- Silvopastoral carbon project of Uruguay
- Sodo Ethiopia
- Southern Paraguay Sustainable Afforestation Project
- Sustainable Agroforestry Cacao Meta, Colombia
- THE ARR HORIZONTE CARBON PROJECT
- The Paraguayan Chaco Neem Reforestation Project
- Tropical Mix
- Unitán afforestation and reforestation of grazing lands project
- Vichada Climate Reforestation Project (PAZ)
- WithOneSeed Timor Leste Community Forestry Program
- Zhangye City Afforestation Project in Gansu Province