The Kajiado Rangelands Carbon Project (KRCP) is a transformative 1.5 million hectare soil carbon initiative launched in Kenya’s southern rangelands.
This pioneering project aims to advance large-scale rangeland restoration while creating a sustainable financing mechanism to support decades of ecological recovery and pastoralist resilience across priority landscapes.

KRCP is managed and operated by Soils for the Future Africa (SftFA) — a for-profit Kenyan company headquartered within the project area.
The project is supported by CarbonSolve, a U.S.-based carbon project developer co-founded by Mark Ritchie, and benefits from the financial and administrative foundations of the Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI), a recognized U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit conservation organization.
This unique collaboration builds local capacity in Africa to meet the highest Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards for carbon projects.

How It Works: The Process

Community participation is at the heart of KRCP’s success.
Our transparent and inclusive approach is exemplified through events like the Annual General Meetings (AGMs) of Group Ranches — where communities gather to deliberate and formally join the carbon project.

At these AGMs, two key legal agreements are signed:

1. Carbon Rights Agreement
   • Communities voluntarily transfer the rights to generate carbon credits to SftFA, enabling the development and sale of carbon credits on their behalf.
2. Benefit-Sharing Agreement
   • This outlines how revenues from carbon credit sales will be distributed, ensuring that financial benefits flow directly back to the communities over the life of the project.

Early Support for Communities

Before any carbon credits are sold, SftFA provides an advance payment of $2 per hectare of eligible grazing land.
This upfront funding helps communities offset the initial costs of participation, including the time spent identifying and prioritizing projects that carbon revenues will eventually fund.

Once carbon revenues begin flowing, communities will manage and transparently report on how the funds are used — reinforcing local ownership and accountability.

A Future Built on Trust, Sustainability, and Resilience

The Kajiado Rangelands Carbon Project is more than a carbon project — it’s a new model for empowering African communities, restoring ecosystems, and combating climate change through trusted, long-term partnerships.

Together, we are building healthier soils, stronger communities, and a more sustainable future — one hectare at a time.