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Village Climate Solutions Limited
Community-led forest and farm solutions generating climate finance, supporting biodiversity, and resilient livelihoods
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A four-decade target—18 million Verified Mitigation Outcomes, $106 million to rural communities, and zero deforestation across 14 high-conservation forest ecosystems in Tanzania. Explore impact → VCSP operates at VM0048 standards—delivering conservative, high-integrity avoided deforestation grounded in real-world data and community-driven incentives. Why VCSP is VM0048-ready → A four-decade target—18 million Verified Mitigation Outcomes, $106 million to rural communities, and zero deforestation across 14 high-conservation ecosystems. Explore impact → VCSP operates at VM0048 standards—delivering conservative, high-integrity avoided deforestation grounded in real-world data and community incentives. Learn more →

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A validated REDD+ project delivering high-integrity, conservatively accounted Verified Mitigation Outcomes and High Conservation Value impacts, with outstanding, performance-based community payments grounded in opportunity costs in Tanzania.
Project name:Village Climate Solutions Project
Verra ID:1325
Project type:REDD+ (AUDD)
Country:Tanzania
Methodology:VM0015, aligned with VM0048
Region:Lindi and Morogoro
Credit type:Emission Reductions
Project start date:21st April 2012
Crediting period:21 April 2012 – 20 April 2064
Project area:327,234 ha
Total (net) estimated credits:18,237,478
Estimated reduced forest loss:108,197 ha
Average estimated credits per ha:1.07 tCO₂e/ha/year
Average annual estimated credits:350,721 tCO₂e/year
Verra Registry status:Verification approval requested
National Reg status:Letter of Endorsement
We deliver community-led forest and farm solutions for climate, biodiversity, and resilient livelihoods
Our solution model is to work with communities to reduce deforestation, and generate high-integrity carbon credits that deliver performance-based payments for household dividends and community development projects
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VCSL works with Village Land Forest Reserves and Local Authority Forest Reserves across Lindi and Morogoro regions
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🌳 Forest Protection

VCSL applies a community-first approach where forests are protected by their rightful owners, combining governance, technology, and incentives.

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🌍 Climate

Reducing emissions from deforestation through community-led forest protection and carbon financing.

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👥 Community

Performance-based payments to communities, supporting livelihoods and local development priorities.

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🌱 Biodiversity

Protecting high conservation value habitats and strengthening ecological integrity across village landscapes.

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Our impacts to date

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Ha of avoided deforestation

8% toward lifetime target

🌍 Climate

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tCO₂e emission reductions

7% toward lifetime target

👥 Community

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USD carbon revenue

0.4% toward lifetime target

🌱 Biodiversity

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% avoided deforestation in HCV

80.7% toward lifetime target
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