carbon credits

COP28 : le capitalisme vert contre l’Afrique
- Europe Solidaire
- 14 December 2023
La COP28 ouvre une course effrénée à l’accaparement des forêts africaines par des multinationales présentes sur le marché des crédits carbone.
Large-scale landscape restoration: Spades and the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD announce partnerships
- PR Newswire
- 11 December 2023
US-based Spades reaches landscape restoration agreements with Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cote d'Ivoire for projects that span around 10 million hectares and involve the planting of 1.5 billion trees.
Niger, Blue Carbon sign pact on tree planting
- Guardian
- 08 December 2023
Governor Mohammed Bago of Nigeria's Niger State has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Blue Carbon for a carbon capture project to plant one billion new trees on 760,000 hectares in the state.
10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. II announces shareholder approval of business combination with African Agriculture, Inc.
- 10X Capital
- 05 December 2023
African Agriculture Inc, a US company which controls almost 3 million hectares for alfalfa and carbon credit production in Africa, will now be listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
Mata Reports looks at the Māori Carbon Collective
- Mata Reports
- 21 November 2023
Mata Reports investigates growing concerns around the group and its elusive managing director, as well as carbon farming’s impact on Māori communities.
A global hunt for water profit risks draining cities dry
- Bloomberg
- 14 November 2023
Bloomberg exposé on Frank Timis' plan to turn Les Fermes de la Teranga (ex-Senhuile) into a major source of animal feed for the Gulf States and the implications for Dakar's water supply
Brazil's Lula to present pastureland recovery policy at COP-28
- Reuters
- 13 November 2023
As part of the initiative, development bank BNDES could set up a fund to attract foreign capital, and Japan, South Korea, China and Saudi Arabia have shown interest backing investments of this type.
Riverstone and Impact Ag Partners-backed SPAC lists on NASDAQ at $300M valuation
- GAI
- 13 November 2023
Impact Ag Partners recently joined SLM Partners to launch the SLM Agri Carbon Fund – a new investment vehicle to back regenerative agriculture and carbon storage in Australia.
Total au Congo, les dessous de la compensation carbone
- CCFD-TS
- 09 November 2023
Au Congo-Brazzaville, le projet BaCaSi mené par TotalEnergies pour compenser ses émissions de gaz à effets de serre prévoit la plantation d’acacias sur 38 000 hectares de terre. Alerté par la Commission diocésaine Justice et paix de Pointe-Noire (CDJP), le CCFD-Terre Solidaire se mobilise pour obtenir une meilleure prise en compte des populations impactées par le projet.
The Republic of Congo and SNPC launch ECO ZAMBA, a vast reforestation program
- Ecofin
- 28 October 2023
The Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo will plant 40,000 hectares with trees to combat greenhouse gas emissions and pursue an agroforestry plantation on another 10,000 hectares in the Batéké Plateaux
Klimat X announces the completion of the second year of planting in Sierra Leone while creating a social impact in the community
- CNW
- 19 October 2023
The Company has now completed demarcation of more than 20,000 ha of land and transferred payments to 170 smallholders under the supervision of the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank
Cashed-up carbon farming fund lifts portfolio to 106,000ha
- AFR
- 15 October 2023
Pastoral Partners Australia, a carbon farming and sustainable grazing fund owned by New Zealand infrastructure investor Morrison & Co, has lifted the size of its portfolio to over 100,000 hectares.