Carbon Project Development

The restoration of mangroves, also called blue carbon, is very important for the climate. Mangroves can store four times more carbon than rainforests can. Next to carbon storage they serve as storm barriers for coastal protection. Mangroves are hotspots for biodiversity, serving as nurseries for fish and as clean water filters.

We’re setting up carbon programmes on mangrove restoration and conservation in the south of Brazil together with the local NGO Çarakura Institute. They work closely with local communities, indigenous people, and authorities; an important condition for projects to succeed.

Access to clean water is not only extremely important for humans but also for the climate. If a project can prevent the boiling of water before use, firewood can be saved, resulting in less CO₂ being released into the air.

Together with the Dutch water operators VEI, we have developed projects on water and sanitation in Arusha, Tanzania.

Methane is a greenhouse gas (GHG), so its presence in the atmosphere affects the earth’s temperature and climate system. It is the second most dominant GHG after carbon dioxide (CO₂), accounting for about 20 percent of global emissions and more than 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.

Over the last two centuries, methane concentrations in the atmosphere have more than doubled, largely due to human-related activities. In line with the US and EU methane pledge at the COP26 in Glasgow, we are committed to developing landfill gas extraction projects where methane is captured and used to generate power.

Rotational grazing, cover cropping, reduced tillage, and other practices improve soil quality and the farmer’s bottom line. Increased soil organic carbon and reduced greenhouse gas emissions from these practices can also generate carbon credits of the highest quality.

AgriCarbon, our carbon farming programmes in South Africa and Argentina, pays farmers for the carbon credits they generate from practicing sustainable land management.
Together with Ruuts, a Latin American start-up, we are working on large-scale land regeneration with regenerative agriculture in a project called SARA.