Carbon Tanzania

What Carbon Tanzania does

Carbon Tanzania is a private social enterprise headquartered in Arusha, Tanzania that creates and sells nature-based carbon credits generated from REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) forest conservation projects. The company operates a portfolio spanning the Yaeda-Eyasi Landscape (over 100,000 ha with the Hadza and Datooga communities), the Makame Savannah Project (engaging Maasai pastoralists), the Ntakata Mountains Project (216,000 ha of Miombo woodland with Bende, Tongwe, and Ha farming communities), and the developing Ruvuma Wilderness Project (a planned one million hectare cross-border corridor). Credits are generated using REDD methodologies verified under Plan Vivo and Verra standards (VCS and CCB), with the company actively transitioning to Verra's VM0048 consolidated methodology using jurisdictional spatial data supplied by partners including TerraCarbon and Space Intelligence. On-the-ground monitoring is delivered through 103 trained Village Game Scouts uploading patrol data to the cloud, and impact is assessed using the proprietary REFLECT for Nature social evaluation methodology.

Carbon Tanzania sells credits on the international Voluntary Carbon Market through direct enterprise sales to companies with net-zero commitments (supporting more than 30 corporates as of 2021), via broker/intermediary channels, and through a self-serve website shop. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Under Tanzania's Carbon Trading Regulations effective November 2023, forest community partners receive a minimum of 61% of initial sales revenue, distributed bi-annually. In 2023 the company delivered $6.9 million to remote communities, an order-of-magnitude increase over the $808,000 cumulative earned across all projects as of 2021; Ntakata Mountains alone has generated over $9.34 million of community carbon revenue cumulatively. Go-to-market is enterprise-led, targeting companies with credible decarbonisation strategies, complemented by global intermediary distribution and direct website sales.

Carbon Tanzania was founded in 2011 by Marc Baker and Jo Anderson, received growth-stage investment from Dutch social impact investor Hooge Raedt Social Ventures (HRSV) in 2015, and has received the UNDP Equator Prize (2019) and IUCN/UNDP Pathfinder Award (2021). Its credits carry independent integrity ratings from BeZero (BBB) and Sylvera (BBB), and Ntakata Mountains holds Verra Triple Gold CCB certification.

Name

Carbon Tanzania

Legal name

Carbon Tanzania

Website

https://carbontanzania.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Carbon Tanzania creates and sells nature-based carbon credits from REDD+ forest conservation projects in Tanzania. It partners with indigenous communities — Hadza, Datooga, Maasai, Bende, Tongwe, and Ha — to protect community-owned forests across the Yaeda-Eyasi, Makame Savannah, Ntakata Mountains, and developing Ruvuma Wilderness projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nature-based Carbon Credits

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (1153), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Forestry (800), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Regenerative Agriculture & Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) (EUABABAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Voluntary Carbon Offsets Trading (Verified Credits: VCM) (EUAGAIAB), Carbon Offtake Structuring & Contracting (ERPA, Long-term Offtakes, Price Floors) (EUABADAE), Carbon Credit Brokerage & Trading (Spot, Forward, Structured Products) (EUABADAB)

Keywords

• Voluntary carbon market
• Nature-based carbon credits
• REDD+ forest conservation
• Carbon credit verification
• Community forest management

Headquarters

HQ city

Arusha

HQ country

Tanzania

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Carbon Credit Sales: Carbon Tanzania creates and sells nature-based carbon credits. Revenue is generated from the sale of Verified Emission Reductions (VERs) to businesses and corporations decarbonising their operations. Communities receive a minimum of 61% of initial sales revenue per Tanzanian Carbon Trading Regulations, distributed bi-annually. The remaining revenue covers project operations, monitoring, and verification costs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Carbon Tanzania creates and sells nature-based carbon credits (Verified Emission Reductions) generated through REDD+ forest conservation projects in Tanzania, certified under Plan Vivo and Verra VCS/CCB standards. The company operates four community-led forest conservation projects (Yaeda-Eyasi Landscape, Makame Savannah, Ntakata Mountains, and the under-development Ruvuma Wilderness) that protect over 600,000 hectares of community-owned or managed forests. Credits are sold to corporate buyers pursuing net-zero commitments, with a minimum of 61% of sales revenue distributed bi-annually to indigenous and local community partners per Tanzanian Carbon Trading Regulations.

Product overview

Carbon Tanzania operates as a nature-based carbon credit business offering a portfolio of five REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) forest conservation projects across Tanzania. The core product is nature-based carbon credits certified by international standards (Plan Vivo, Verra VCS, and CCB Standards). The portfolio includes the Yaeda-Eyasi Landscape Project, Makame Savannah Project, Ntakata Mountains Project, and the developing Ruvuma Wilderness Project. Carbon Tanzania implements these projects through community partnerships with indigenous peoples (Hadza, Datooga, Maasai, Bende, Tongwe, Ha) who receive minimum 61% of carbon revenue. The projects generate Verified Emission Reductions (VERs) through forest protection, biodiversity conservation, and community development activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nature-based Carbon Credits Verified Emission Reductions (VERs) generated from forest conservation activities in Tanzania, certified under Plan Vivo, Verra VCS and CCB standards, and sold on the voluntary carbon market to corporate buyers pursuing net-zero commitments.
• Yaeda-Eyasi Landscape Project REDD+ forest conservation project protecting the forested ancestral homeland of the Hadza hunter-gatherers and Datooga pastoralists in northern Tanzania; the expanded landscape covers more than 120,000 ha of community-managed woodland and legally establishes community ownership and enforcement against encroachment.
• Makame Savannah Project REDD+ project engaging Maasai communities to establish community land use plans that conserve critical wildlife habitat while preserving sustainable cattle grazing in the Makame Savannah.
• Ntakata Mountains Project REDD+ project creating Village Forest Reserves to help farming communities protect 216,000 hectares of Miombo woodland and important wildlife habitat in the Greater Mahale ecosystem of western Tanzania; holds Verra VCS accreditation and triple-gold CCB certification.
• Ruvuma Wilderness Project REDD+ project under development strengthening five community Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) to create a one-million-hectare wildlife corridor connecting protected areas between Mozambique and Tanzania.

Quantifiable outcome

• 600,000+ ha of community-owned forests protected
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUCRT is a key operational partner in northern Tanzania, facilitating the planning and gazettement of village land use plans (VLUPs) and Certificates of Customary Right of Occupancy (CCROs) that confer critical legal land tenure and rights for communities. UCRT has been instrumental since the earliest days of Yaeda Valley Project.
• TerraCarboncoreTechnology or IntegrationTerraCarbon provides world-leading forest carbon science expertise, supporting the setting of methodologies and project baselines for Carbon Tanzania's projects. Works with Verra to supply jurisdictional-level spatial data for VM0048 methodology implementation.
• Space IntelligencecoreTechnology or IntegrationSpace Intelligence gathers and supplies spatial data on forest change to Verra for use in the VM0048 jurisdictional methodology, providing independent third-party data to set baselines for REDD projects.
• The Nature ConservancyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Carbon Tanzania in the early development of the Yaeda Valley Project, supporting land tenure and project design work.
• Dorobo FundminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported the early development of the Yaeda Valley Project alongside Carbon Tanzania and The Nature Conservancy.
• Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTNRF engaged stakeholders and communities to think about alternative ways to manage their lands and resources, helping to create conditions for the REDD concept to be understood and adopted.
• Plan VivocoreTechnology or IntegrationPlan Vivo is a carbon certification standard used for the Yaeda Valley and other Carbon Tanzania projects. It was chosen for Yaeda Valley due to its emphasis on working with indigenous communities.
• VerracoreTechnology or IntegrationVerra is the carbon credit certification body operating the VCS (Verified Carbon Standard) and CCB (Climate, Community and Biodiversity) programmes. Carbon Tanzania's projects are verified under VCS and CCB standards. Carbon Tanzania is actively transitioning projects to Verra's VM0048 consolidated methodology.
• Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWCS supported villages in the Ruaha-Rungwa-Katavi ecosystem to create consensual and practical land-use plans, providing a basis for potential carbon project development.
• IUCN and UNDPminorOthersAwarding bodies for the Pathfinder Award 2021, awarded to the Ntakata Mountains project for its integrated approach to conservation.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• South Pole Group: One of the world's largest developers and sellers of nature-based carbon credits, with a global REDD+ and ARR project portfolio and direct corporate buyer relationships. Highly comparable as a vertically integrated carbon project developer serving corporate net-zero buyers.
• Wildlife Works: Pioneering REDD+ project developer operating community-based forest conservation projects in East Africa (Kasigau Corridor, Kenya) and elsewhere. Closely comparable in model, methodology (VCS/CCB), and community-led structure.
• Forest Carbon (Forest Carbon Ltd): UK-based developer of nature-based carbon credits focused on community-led forestry and ARR projects in developing countries. Comparable VCS/CCB certification footprint and corporate buyer sales motion.
• Cool Effect: Online marketplace curating and selling verified carbon credits (including REDD+ forestry projects) to corporate and individual buyers. Comparable in the B2B/B2C voluntary carbon credit distribution channel.

Broad incumbents

• Verra: The dominant carbon credit standards body (VCS, CCB, VM0048). Not a competitor per se but the gatekeeper whose methodology decisions shape the entire REDD+ market Carbon Tanzania participates in; a direct counterparty/standard-setter relationship.
• Mirova Natural Capital: Asset manager (subsidiary of Natixis) that invests in and develops nature-based carbon projects globally as part of a wider sustainable investment platform. Comparable as a scaled project developer/aggregator with similar buyer relationships.
• Ecosystem Investment Partners: US-based impact investment firm developing nature-based carbon, water quality, and biodiversity credit projects at scale. Comparable business model as a project developer and aggregator, with broader geographic and asset-class exposure.

Emerging players

• Pachama: Tech-enabled nature-based carbon credit marketplace leveraging satellite data and ML to source, verify, and sell forest carbon credits to corporate buyers. Overlaps with Carbon Tanzania on the buyer-facing side and uses similar MRV infrastructure (e.g., remote sensing partners).

Others

• TerraCarbon: Forest carbon science and advisory firm that provides methodology development and baseline-setting services to REDD+ project developers. Listed as a Carbon Tanzania partner but operates in the same ecosystem as a service provider to peer developers.
• The Nature Conservancy: Global conservation NGO that both develops its own nature-based carbon projects and provides technical/partnership support to developers like Carbon Tanzania (Yaeda Valley partner). Comparable as a project developer and conservation finance actor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/carbon-tanzania
• Instagraminstagram.com/carbontanzania/#
• Xx.com/CarbonTanzania
• Facebookfacebook.com/carbontanzania

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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