Vivent plants native tree species on degraded and marginal farmland across Asia, Africa, and Latin America — creating durable carbon sinks while rebuilding biodiversity, restoring watersheds, and generating fair income for smallholder farming communities.
Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation (ARR) is the deliberate planting of trees and perennial vegetation on land that has been deforested, degraded, or converted to non-forest use. As the most established pathway in nature-based carbon removal, ARR projects generate high-quality, verifiable carbon credits while delivering measurable environmental and social co-benefits.
Vivent Carbon operates ARR projects across India (Odisha, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu), Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Ghana), and Latin America (Brazil's Cerrado, Colombia, Peru). We work exclusively with smallholder farmers and community land holders — not commercial forestry operators.
Our approach is grounded in agroforestry and assisted natural regeneration: farmers plant native species appropriate to each ecosystem, intercropped with food crops to maintain short-term income while long-term carbon assets are built. No monocultures, no eucalyptus plantations — genuine ecological restoration.
A rigorous, community-led process from site selection to ongoing monitoring and revenue distribution.
Field surveys map land degradation, existing vegetation, and carbon stocks. Satellite imagery establishes a robust deforestation baseline under VCS methodology.
Farmer groups and village councils co-design species selection, planting patterns, and agroforestry layouts. Legal FPIC agreements signed before any work begins.
Community nurseries raise native seedlings. Planting follows monsoon schedules. Vivent provides training, tools, and survival guarantee for the first 3 years.
Sentinel-2 satellite monitoring tracks canopy cover quarterly. On-ground biomass plots measured annually. Third-party audits every 5 years under VCS or Plan Vivo.
Verified carbon tonnes issued as VCUs on a rolling basis, typically from Year 3 onwards as canopy establishment confirms to the required threshold.
Credit sale proceeds distributed to farmer households via mobile banking within 30 days of settlement. Transparent payment schedules shared with all participants.
Continuous satellite surveillance, community monitors, and annual biodiversity surveys track ecosystem health across the full 30-year crediting period.
15–20% of credits withheld in registry buffer pools. Fire risk management plans and community fire brigades funded to protect permanence of sequestered carbon.
ARR creates multi-layered value — for climate, biodiversity, water, and the communities who steward the land.
Native tree species restore wildlife corridors and nesting habitat. Average biodiversity index improvement of 42% across monitored plots after 5 years.
Reforested hillslopes reduce runoff and soil erosion. Communities report 30–50% improvement in stream flow reliability during dry season within 5 years of planting.
Agroforestry designs integrate food trees — mango, moringa, jackfruit, drumstick. Participating households gain 15–25% improvement in dietary diversity scores.
Tree canopy reduces land surface temperature by 2–4°C in planted areas, improving crop conditions and reducing heat stress on farming communities.
Carbon revenue adds $400–$1,200 per household annually. Timber, fruit, and non-timber forest products provide additional income streams from Year 5 onwards.
Deep-rooted trees break hardpan soils, increase organic matter, and fix nitrogen. Adjacent farmland shows 18–28% yield improvement after 4–6 years.
Each region uses species and agroforestry designs native to the local ecosystem — no one-size-fits-all plantations.
Odisha, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. Species include Teak, Neem, Bamboo, Pongamia, and Moringa in agroforestry systems with tribal land communities.
Community forestry and ARR in Kenya's highlands, Uganda's forest corridors, Ghana's dry forest zone, and Malawi's Shire valley — using farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR).
Native reforestation in Brazil's Cerrado biome, Colombia's Magdalena River buffer zones, and Peru's Amazon–Andes transition areas, partnering with indigenous communities.
Launched in 2021 across 12 tribal blocks in Odisha's Koraput and Rayagada districts, this programme enrolled 5,000 Kondh and Saura tribal farmers. Over 2.8 million native seedlings were planted across 36,000 hectares of revenue wasteland and degraded community forest.
Three-year monitoring reveals carbon sequestration at 18% above the baseline projection, driven by higher-than-expected survival rates (89% vs 78% projected) attributable to community ownership. Average household carbon income reached ₹31,500 (76) annually from Year 3 credits.
Whether you want to buy verified ARR credits, enrol your land in a Vivent programme, or develop a project from scratch — we're ready to work with you.