July 2026, Acquisition International | 13 Looking to the future, BCP’s strategic priority is to scale high-integrity, community-led conservation across Southern Africa, whilst strengthening the systems that underpin long-term impact. By 2030, the company aims to establish co-management partnerships across 8-10 million hectares, positively impact up to 2 million people, and contribute to annual emissions reductions of up to 30 million tCO2e. A key priority for this mission is expansion. BCP will scale and develop five REDD+ projects across three countries, while ensuring that all existing projects meet the highest standards of validation and verification. This includes full alignment with jurisdictional approaches, such as Zambia’s Eastern Province Jurisdictional Programme, supporting national climate goals and policy development. At community level, the focus is on deepening governance and delivery systems. BCP will support up to 170 community structures to manage carbon revenues effectively, ensuring that climate finance continues to translate into tangible improvements in livelihoods, services, and local economies. The company will also strengthen its existing commercial relationships whilst developing new partnerships across private sector, NGOs, and government to unlock capital, scale implementation, and drive innovation. “Across all activities, BCP will maintain strict adherence to leading standards, including VCS and CCB Triple Gold, ensuring that scale does not come at the expense of integrity,” Nic concluded. “Together these priorities position BCP to scale impact responsibly, strengthen systems, and deliver measurable climate, community, and biodiversity outcomes.” Ultimately, BCP’s work demonstrates that protecting forests and reducing poverty are not competing priorities. When forests generate real economic value for the communities who steward them, conversation becomes durable, equitable, and transformative. For its extensive efforts to establish a thriving green economy across the continent, BCP has been named Africa’s Best Carbon Offset Project Developer 2026. Contact: Nic Mudaly Company: BioCarbon Partners Web Address: www.bcp.earth Turning Climate Action into Measurable Impact “When communities lead and forests are valued, both people and the planet thrive.” BCP is an African born and based conservation and climate finance company pioneering the development of large-scale, high-impact REDD+ projects across Zambia and Mozambique. With a focus on Southern Africa, the company supports the conservation of more than 6.7 million hectares of biodiverse landscapes through forest protection, biodiversity conservation, community empowerment, and livelihood initiatives. REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) is a UN-backed climate change mitigation framework that incentivises developing countries to reduce emissions by protecting, conserving, and sustainably managing their forests. It provides financial, resultsbased payments for verified emission reductions. Through partnerships with governments, communities, and the private sector, BCP’s work delivers verified emissions reductions, supports rural livelihoods, and contributes to 16 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. This is a unique and innovative approach because it addresses deforestation at its root by aligning economic incentives, governance, and conservation into a single, community-led system. Traditional models have often relied on enforcement or short-term funding, with limited local ownership. In contrast, BCP’s REDD+ model cocreates a long-term, performance-based financing mechanism where communities directly benefit from protecting their surrounding forests. “Our model is designed to address the root causes of deforestation by shifting the underlying incentives that drive it,” said Nic. “Rather than treating forest loss as an environmental issue alone, we work at the intersection of poverty, governance, and land use, embedding conservation within local economic and decision-making systems.” At the core of this process is revenue sharing. Carbon finance is returned to communities as forest carbon fees, transforming forests from a resource to be cleared into an asset to be managed. To date, over $21 million has been distributed across 32 Chiefdoms, reaching more than 328,000 people and funding locally determined priorities. As Nic described, this approach means that “communities are not passive beneficiaries, but decision-makers.” This is reinforced through structured governance; Community Forest Management Groups (CFMGs) are trained in financial management, leadership, and project delivery, enabling them to manage significant revenue flows transparently. BCP supports needs assessments and planning processes to ensure communities identify and implement viable, high-impact investments. This builds long-term institutional capacity rather than dependency. African dryland forests are incredibly important for biodiversity, water regulation, carbon storage, and local livelihood across Africa. Today, the ecosystem is under immense pressure due to unsustainable practices, with millions of hectares lost every year. BioCarbon Partners (BCP) is a company on a mission to develop highintegrity carbon offset projects that conserve Africa’s wildlife legacy landscapes and deliver transformative, life-changing impacts for rural communities. We heard more from CEO Nic Mudaly below, as BCP is named in the 2026 Global Excellence Awards. BioCarbon Partners
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