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The Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust (MWCT) today announced a pilot project with Rivian, the maker of electric trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles on a mission to helping protect our [...]

“REDD+ presents a fantastic opportunity to reverse negative environmental degradation trends by providing innovative approaches, including incentives that support implementation of a [...]

The pandemic took lives. In many places, it also took livelihoods. COVID-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions cratered ecotourism in Africa in 2020, depriving local communities of life-sustaining [...]

The Chyulu Hills in southern Kenya are believed to be the inspiration for Hemingway’s Green Hills of Africa. Nestled in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro and rising from the lower lying savannah [...]

Yes, you read that correctly. One of the world’s leading luxury fashion brands has chosen to invest in our Chyulu Hills REDD+ Carbon Project and purchased 350,000 carbon credits. Gucci has [...]

Great news! We just made our first corporate sale to Tiffany&Co in support of the Chyulu Hills Conservation Trust REDD+ Carbon Project, a project we had been tirelessly working on getting [...]

Why buying carbon credits will help save elephants, rhinos and lions Written by MWCT Founder, Luca Belpietro Carbon: a vital element. Without it there is no life. Eighteen percent of the human [...]

“One set of offsets comes from the Chyulu Hills in Kenya, an area a little bigger than Rhode Island, where protecting the forest serves multiple benefits–beyond absorbing CO2, the forest [...]

The project is managed by the Chyulu Hills Conservation Trust, a coalition of government, community and NGO partners including the Kenya Wildlife Service, Kenya Forest Service, Maasai Wilderness [...]

Conservation International (CI) launches its Carbon Footprint Calculator, a tool to calculate your carbon footprint and reduce it by purchasing what’s called an “offset.” One beneficiary of these [...]