Miombo Renewal

Miombo Renewal

Restoring over 200,000 hectares of degraded miombo woodlands - an area the size of Kinshasa - in southern DR Congo combining cutting-edge carbon science with deep community engagement to deliver verified, high-quality carbon removals and transforming local livelihoods.

Impact At Scale

Transforming Landscapes, Empowering Communities

Miombo Renewal represents a groundbreaking collaboration between Carbon Ventures Africa, local communities, the University of Lubumbashi, and trusted NGO partners. Together, we're restoring over 200,000 hectares of degraded miombo woodlands across the "Grand Katanga" region of southeastern DR Congo - one of Africa's most significant landscape restoration initiatives.

Our Strategic Approach

Direct Planting

Strategic planting of native miombo species in degraded areas with low natural regeneration potential, creating immediate impact and employment opportunities.

Assisted Natural Regeneration

Supporting existing root systems and seed banks through protection and management, allowing nature to restore itself with minimal intervention.

Community Partnership

Working exclusively with community forest concessions (CFCLs) that hold perpetual land rights, ensuring long-term custodianship, land tenure security and lasting biodiversity and carbon impact.

Secure Legal Framework

Progressive Policy Enables Success

The Democratic Republic of Congo's forward-thinking legal framework creates secure, transparent pathways for community-led reforestation initiatives. Local community forestry concessions (CFCLs) have perpetual rights to their land, including carbon.

Our project benefits from comprehensive backing across - government authorities at all levels have provided full endorsement and support.

This robust legal foundation ensures project longevity, protects community rights, and provides the stability essential for long-term carbon credit integrity. Investors and buyers can proceed with confidence in the permanence and legitimacy of these carbon removals.

Community Land Rights Protection from National Legislation

Local and Provincial Government Support

Government Policy Supporting Community Reforestation

50-year Agreements with Land and Carbon Rights Holders

Projected Carbon Impact

200K+

Hectares Restored

Across Grand Katanga region

40M+

Carbon Removals

Verified tCOâ‚‚e over 50 years

50

Project Timeline

Years of carbon removals

Our mixed methodology approach - combining direct planting with assisted natural regeneration - is projected to deliver over 40 million verified carbon offsets (tCOâ‚‚e) across the 50-year project period. This represents one of the largest voluntary carbon removal initiatives in the region, offering institutional buyers exceptional scale and reliability.

Community-Centred Benefits

Profit Sharing

Local communities receive 50% of net carbon revenues, ensuring fair distribution of economic benefits and long-term project buy-in.

Sustainable Charcoal Woodlots

Dedicated woodlots provide renewable fuel sources, reducing pressure on natural forests whilst meeting essential energy needs.

Agricultural Improvements

Training and resources for improved farming techniques enhance food security and livelihoods alongside forest restoration.

Immediate Economic Benefits

Communities plant, maintain, and protect forests, creating sustainable employment whilst building local capacity and ownership.

Why These Carbon Removal Credits Are High-Quality

Co-benefits

Immediate project employment, agricultural training, sustainable charcoal production, non-timber forest products, capacity building, and equitable 50% net profit sharing

Biodiversity Impact

Mixed native species restoration in a global biodiversity hotspot, including endangered tree species

Climate Resilience

Native species selection, robust maintenance protocols, and risk insurance options ensure long-term carbon durability

Technology Integration

AI-driven dynamic benchmarking and remote verification enable annual verification cycles and transparent monitoring

Markers of Quality

  • Sylvera rating: the project has been awarded a preliminary rating from Sylvera of AA-BBB
  • Permanence: local community legal entities assign carbon rights to the project over a 50-year period

Carbon Removal Registry: Isometric

Our carbon removal credits are rigorously validated and verified under the Isometric Reforestation Protocol, ensuring transparency and genuine impact. This robust standard underpins our commitment to high-integrity carbon removal.

Genuine Carbon Removal

Credits represent verifiable carbon removal from the atmosphere, not merely the avoidance of future emissions.

Industry Endorsement

Isometric is endorsed by ICVCM, ICROA, and CORSIA, and trusted by leading buyers, including Microsoft and the Symbiosis Coalition.

Advanced dMRV Technology

Uses cutting-edge digital MRV, including satellite imagery, LiDAR, and machine-learning analytics - calibrated by field-plot analysis - for precise measurement.

Minimised Uncertainty

Incorporates dynamic baselines and comprehensive region- and project-specific leakage assessments for robust accounting.

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Independent Verification

All removals undergo independent third-party validation and verification by fully accredited auditors.

Full Transparency

All carbon removals are meticulously documented and available in a publicly accessible registry for complete accountability.

Project Partners


Carbon Ventures Africa

Project and budget management Management of nursery, planting and maintenance MRV field inputs Technical lead Partner management Forest establishment plan Carbon standard accreditation

University of Lubumbashi (Unilu)

Species / varieties selection Reforestation optimisation Technical support (CFCL establishment, seed collection, nurseries, planting, MRV field data) Troubleshooting

NGOs

CFCL establishment / land tenure facilitation Local community / workforce mobilisation management Agriculture improvement projects

CFCLs (Local Communities)

Hold community forest concessions and manage land under approved forest management plans Provide the workforce for planting, maintenance, and forest protection activities Ensure long-term stewardship and benefit sharing within their communities

Project Status


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2021 Project Launch

Agreement with five community forestry concessions (CFCLs) covering 125,000 hectares following extensive FPIC. Initiated ANR activities incl. fire management and forest protection

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2024 Demonstration Complete

Completed direct-planting demonstration phase in January 2024, validating methodology and community engagement approach at scale

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2026 Validation Ongoing

Project validation in progress. Active fundraising for expanded activities across additional CFCLs

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2027 First Credit Delivery

Target Q2 2027 for verification completion and first Isometric credit issuance.

Partner With Us

Join a Transformative Initiative

Miombo Renewal offers impact investors, institutional donors, and carbon removal buyers a unique opportunity to support landscape-scale restoration that delivers measurable climate, biodiversity, and community benefits.

With robust legal frameworks, transparent technology, and genuine community partnership, these credits represent the gold standard for nature-based carbon removal. We welcome enquiries from conservation-focused government agencies, NGO partners, and forward-thinking corporations committed to climate action.