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AGF says the $1 million equity investment from FrugalFP B.V. of the Netherlands will accelerate its development of Africa’s first Smart Circular Agro-Food & Carbon Innovation Vehicle, a 10,000-hectare integrated agroforestry and cassava–sweet potato processing initiative based in Ghana’s Kwahu Afram Plains.

A venture set up by Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management has attracted $200 million in new money for a strategy that targets the restoration of land degraded by farming and deforestation.

The public notice covers five 25-year, contracts of 1 million carbon credits each that must be backed by ecological restoration on at least 3,000 hectares within the Amazon biome on both private land and public land with forest concessions.

The farm estates, ranging from 5,000 to 25,000 hectares, will be fully mechanised agricultural settlements equipped with roads, irrigation systems, processing hubs, energy systems, and perimeter fencing lined with thousands of climate-resilient trees planted specifically to generate certified carbon removals.

One of the most lucrative ways to monetize forest protection is to sell carbon credits. The company Belterra is pursuing that in negotiations with Amazon to implement 10,000 hectares of agroforestry.

The initiative dubbed “Tiisi Tenga” (Land of Trees) is expected to restore about 200,000 hectares of degraded lands across 20 communities, mostly along the White Volta River, with a target to sequester approximately 3.4 tonnes of carbon per hectare.

Le nouveau gouvernement entend rendre une partie des terres spoliées sous l’ancienne présidence à leurs propriétaires. Le collectif Tany s’en réjouit en appelant toutefois à la prudence, notamment face aux investissements dans le domaine des crédits carbone.

The new government must take care to prevent the grabbing of Malagasy land, particularly by foreign actors, during the transition-refoundation period

Ce communiqué exhorte le premier gouvernement de la Refondation de la République de Madagascar à prendre des mesures de vigilance extrême pour éviter l’accaparement de terres malgaches, notamment par des acteurs étrangers.

Mirova adds Coca-Cola and the foreign affairs ministries of the UK and Canada as investors in its fund targeted at "low-carbon" agricultural and forestry projects

Humundi (ex SOS Faim) publie une analyse sur les crédits carbone autorisés par l'Union européenne. Les crédits carbone sont une fausse solution qui menace les communautés paysannes d'Afrique, d'Asie et d'Amérique latine.

According to a new 2025 Land Matrix Initiative report, millions of hectares are being acquired for carbon offset projects. In Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo are epicenters, with over a million hectares each already under contract.