AT A GLANCE
The Village Climate Solutions Project is one of Africa’s most advanced community-led forest protection initiatives.
A collaboration between Revalue, Reterra and Village Climate Solutions Limited, the project is building on its existing success by transitioning to Revalue's Model R — the best-rated avoidance approach by Sylvera.
330,000
Hectares
2026
Expected issuance
300,000
Est. credit volume
PARTNERSHIP
The project is a collaboration between:
Revalue - creators of radically better credits
Village Climate Solutions Limited - a team and backers with >30 years of experience in forest conservation and community empowerment, that has been working on the project for nearly 15 years.
Reterra - a leading developer with extensive technical expertise in NBS development across East Africa, with a successful project that’s well-rated by Sylvera (Udzungwa Mountain Project, AA-BBB).
CREDIT APPROACH
The project is already issuing credits under Verra's VM0015, while in parallel transitioning to VM0048 and Revalue's avoidance approach Model R.
The project already employs several methodological deviations to approximate VM0048 requirements as much as possible.
Model R was rated top avoidance approach by Sylvera with the lowest risk score of 2/10 - on par with removals methodologies.
Revalue starts from Verra's VM0048 (CCP-approved), then builds additional features on top.
BEYOND CARBON
The project is fully community-led.
Communities decide how funds are allocated.
More than 150k people across 50+ communities directly benefit from the project in Tanzania’s most marginalised communities — where 90% live below $1.90/day.
The project creates ~3,000 jobs.
The project safeguards some of Tanzania’s most threatened and ecologically irreplaceable landscapes. Together, these ecosystems protect water security, ecological connectivity, and resilience for entire regions.
The project:
Preserves wildlife corridors buffering 3 national parks — Selous (UNESCO hotspot), Msanjesi and Niassa
Protects 3 endangered coastal forests
Protects 8 endangered and 9 vulnerable IUCN Red List species, including elephants and wild dogs
