carbon credits

$60m farmland portfolio hits the market in South Australia
- Weekly Times
- 29 January 2026
A Sydney-based forestry giant is selling a 5485ha portfolio, which is set to be harvested and then transitioned to agricultural use for an incoming buyer.
Trafigura-backed alliance to invest $1 bln-plus in four African carbon projects
- Reuters
- 26 January 2026
The projects backed by global energy trader Trafigura include a restoration project in Malawi totalling over 550,000 hectares that has one of the largest native species nurseries in Africa, and an agroforestry plan to restore degraded land in Zambia that will involve 45,000 farmers
Microsoft, Rubicon turn to Uganda forestry project in carbon removal deal
- GAI
- 19 January 2026
Carbon credits are derived from Kijani Forestry’s Smallholder Farmer Forestry Project in northern Uganda, which establishes woodlots on degraded land, with roughly 30 million trees planted to date in collaboration with local growers.
East African Carbon Company claims to be setting up carbon projects in Uganda.
- REDD-Monitor
- 19 January 2026
It is a subsidiary of Alpha MBM Investments, a Dubai-based company developing a US$4 billion oil refinery in Uganda, whose chairman is a member of Dubai’s royal family.
Carbon Industries Group secures landmark carbon credit agreements with the Senegalese government
- FinanceWire
- 14 January 2026
The Hong Kong–based carbon project and crypto coin developer signed an agreement for the restoration of approximately 32,000 hectares of mangroves in cooperation with Senegal’s Aire Marine Protégée authorities.
Au Kenya, les terres consacrées aux crédits-carbone équivalent désormais à la superficie des terres arables
- Le Monde
- 13 January 2026
Les projets de compensation conçus pour permettre aux gros pollueurs de réduire le bilan de leurs émissions de CO2 sont en majorité pilotés par des entreprises étrangères. Ils couvrent un peu plus de 5 millions d’hectares.
APG buys New Zealand forestry assets from New Forests
- IPE
- 09 December 2025
One of Europe's top pension fund managers buys two New Zealand forestry plantations stretching over 45,000 ha, citing interest in long term development of carbon sequestration.
Carbon: the new frontier in the scramble for land in Kenya
- SOMO
- 08 December 2025
Kenya has become a global hotspot in the rapidly expanding market for land-based carbon offsets, with more than 5.4 million hectares now tied to projects that benefit foreign investors far more than local communities.
IKEA vai comprar mais de 20 mil hectares de floresta na Letónia e Lituânia
- Sicnoticias
- 04 December 2025
A Inter IKEA Group, proprietária da marca IKEA e denunciada por comprar madeira de desmatamentos de florestas raras, vai comprar mais de 20 mil hectares de floresta na Letónia e na Lituânia tanto para aumentar o processamento de madeira nos países bálticos como para reduzir pela metade as emissões de carbono em sua cadeia de valor até 2030.
Who owns Kenya? Report reveals land imbalance driving Kenya’s inequality
- Daily Nation
- 04 December 2025
Land inequality remains the most enduring and destabilising injustice in Kenya, shaping who owns wealth, who accesses opportunities and who remains trapped in a cycle of marginalisation, with less than two per cent of Kenyans owning more than half of the country’s arable land.
BNDES aprova US$ ~56 milhões (R$ 300 milhões) para a estratégia de reflorestamento do BTG Pactual TIG
- businesswire
- 03 December 2025
A estratégia de reflorestamento e geração de créditos de carbono por meio de soluções baseadas na natureza busca mobilizar US$ 1 bilhão para proteger, restaurar e reflorestar aproximadamente 270.000 hectares de áreas degradadas. Até agora, 12.000 hectares foram restaurados no Cerrado.
Brazil: BNDES approves US$56 million for BTG Pactual TIG reforestation strategy
- Business Wire
- 03 December 2025
The strategy seeks to mobilize US$ 1 billion to protect, restore, and reforest approximately 270,000 hectares of degraded areas.