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Kenya fights carbon fraud with new REDD+ registry
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 | Kenya has launched Africa’s first REDD+ registry, a digital platform that will track, verify and manage forest carbon projects to improve transparency in carbon markets. The system is designed to close long-standing gaps in accountability, prevent double counting of emissions reductions and ensure fair benefit-sharing with forest communities. |
The registry was launched alongside the Kenya REDD+ Nesting Guidelines, which provide a framework to integrate community, private sector and government forest projects into one national system.
This conservation strategy is important for the rest of Africa because it is solving two of the biggest challenges that have long slowed down forest protection and carbon finance on the continent: trust and equity.
Our take: Carbon fraud has undermined Africa’s forests for years. Investigations show brokers buying credits cheaply and reselling at triple the price, while communities see little benefit…Read more (2 min)
 | Community youth conservation in Africa is growing, with young people taking an active role in safeguarding the continent’s biodiversity and natural resources. Their efforts range from community-based conservation projects, youth-led conservation organisations and educational initiatives that strengthen a culture of environmental stewardship. |
In this exclusive interview with Conservation Rising, Erick Ombija, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Ecosystem Restoration Alliance of Kenya (KERA), explains how the organisation is blending global ambition with local youth-led conservation action.
“Differences in priorities are inevitable,” Ombija says. “Our ‘best fits’ approach means donor goals are adapted to local contexts, ensuring community voices are heard and respected while still delivering conservation results.”
Read the full Q&A here…Read more (2 min)
 | The International Fund for Animal Welfare has established a wildlife crime intervention hub in Uganda to manage transboundary trafficking routes. Uganda has become a consolidation point for ivory, rhino horn and pangolin scales smuggled from across East and Central Africa and moved through West African ports to international markets. |
The hub will coordinate anti-trafficking operations, wildlife rescue, habitat restoration and community engagement programmes.
It targets wildlife trafficking transit routes, addressing enforcement gaps and promoting cross-border collaboration. The centre aims to disrupt illegal trade and could inspire similar models across Africa.
Our take: The intervention hub exposes how illegal trade, porous borders and armed conflict intersect to threaten both species and societies…Read more (2 min)
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Tanzania set to tap into Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) benefits for biodiversity conservation.
Events
🗓️ Participate in the Wildlife Ranger Challenge across Africa (September 22)
🗓️ Attend the 6th World Congress on Agroforestry in Rwanda (October 20)
🗓️ Follow the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi (October 9)
Jobs
👷 Be the Marine Conservation Manager for MRCI (Madagascar)
👷 Apply for the Data Coordinator position at Peace Parks (South Africa)
👷 Join Celnor Group as a Water Syatems Consultant (Kenya)
Various
🌳 Nigeria advocates technology adoption to boost conservation
🌳 Global Wetlands Summit in Zimbabwe sets restoration targets
🌊 Ascending Africa launches a blue economy conservation project
Seen on LinkedIn
Stanley Makhege, a Conservation Activist, says, “For decades, conservation efforts across Africa have focused on protecting species and landscapes through policies, fencing and enforcement. While these strategies are important, they aren’t enough. The most impactful and sustainable conservation outcomes happen when local communities are at the centre of the efforts.”________________