Ernsten Carbon Company Limited · Abuja, Nigeria
Nigeria's forests,
as verified carbon.
Ernsten Carbon is developing a corridor of nature-based carbon projects (REDD+, afforestation and cocoa agroforestry) with state governments and host communities across 8 Nigerian states.
How a project is built
A carbon credit is only worth what can be measured, verified and defended. Each project in the corridor moves through the same four stages.
Site assessment and baselines
Forest cover, deforestation pressure and carbon stock are measured before anything is promised, so that every figure we later publish can be traced back to evidence on the ground.
Community partnership first
Projects proceed on free, prior and informed consent, with benefit-sharing agreed at community level. Credits that host communities do not support do not hold their value.
Registration to recognised standards
Projects are being prepared for registration under Verra VCS and Gold Standard, with a route to host-country authorisation under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement.
Monitoring, reporting and verification
Independent verification over the full crediting period, with satellite and field monitoring designed in from the start rather than added for audit.
The forest carbon corridor
Nature-based projects under assessment across 8 Nigerian states, spanning lowland rainforest, savanna transition, cocoa agroforestry, floodplain and Afromontane cloud forest.
- Indicative annual
- 4.5M tCO₂e
- Over 25 years
- 112.5M tCO₂e
- At $35/ITMO
- $3.9B
- 01
Kogi
Mount Patti forest edge, Lokoja
Confluence corridor under active encroachment pressure, where avoided-deforestation baselines are most clearly evidenced.
- 02
Benue
Agatu floodplain forest
Seasonally inundated forest and community fisheries, structured on a full FPIC model with benefit-sharing at community level.
- 03
Kwara
Old Owu forest reserve
Savanna-to-forest transition zone bordering the Kogi corridor, suited to afforestation and assisted natural regeneration.
- 04
Nasarawa
Doma / Uggah forest reserve
Two hours from Abuja, placing verification teams, regulators and prospective buyers within a single day of the project site.
- 05
Osun
Cocoa belt, Ife–Ilesa axis
Shade-grown cocoa systems that pair carbon removal with a traceable agricultural supply chain and smallholder income.
- 06
Ondo
Oluwa Forest Reserve
The highest standing carbon stock in south-western Nigeria, with intact primate habitat supporting a biodiversity uplift.
- 07
Cross River
Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary
Habitat of the Cross River gorilla, one of the most endangered primates on earth — the biodiversity case buyers pay a premium for.
- 08
Taraba
Ngel Nyaki montane forest
Afromontane cloud forest on the Mambilla Plateau at 1,400 metres — among the rarest forest types remaining in West Africa.
Hectarage reflects areas under assessment. Tonnage and value figures are indicative estimates for discussion purposes only, based on a $35/ITMO reference price. They are not projections of realised revenue and do not constitute an offer, investment advice, or a representation of guaranteed outcome.
From voluntary credit to sovereign instrument
The same tonne of carbon is worth materially more once the host government has authorised its transfer and adjusted its own national inventory to match. The corridor is being prepared with that authorisation in view.
1 tCO₂e
Voluntary market
≈ $20
- Host-country approval from the National Council on Climate Change
- Corresponding adjustment applied to Nigeria’s national inventory
- Authorisation under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement
1 tCO₂e
Compliance buyers — Switzerland, Singapore, CORSIA
$35 – $60
Reference prices are indicative market ranges, not quotes or projections.
Who we work with
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State governments
Concession and partnership agreements for forest reserves and degraded land.
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Host communities
Consent, livelihoods and a defined share of project revenue.
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Credit buyers
Corporate and compliance buyers seeking verified, authorised Nigerian credits.
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Investors and DFIs
Project finance for the development, monitoring and verification phases.