Strengthening systems to scale forest protection with integrity

The release of Carbon Tanzania’s 2025 Annual Report marks a significant milestone in our fifteen-year journey of channelling global carbon finance directly to the stewards of Tanzania’s forests. While our impact has always been rooted in community partnership, this report highlights the transition toward the institutional maturity required to lead in a maturing carbon market. […]

Updated statement: Recent article on the Carbon Tanzania Yaeda-Eyasi Landscape Project, published by Dutch newspaper Trouw

Further Update: Review request denied On 14 November 2025, the Netherlands Press Council (Raad voor de Journalistiek, RvdJ) denied Trouw’s request to review its earlier decision concerning the newspaper’s reporting on the Yaeda–Eyasi Landscape Project. In its response, the Council noted that Trouw had not demonstrated that the original judgment was based on incorrect or […]

An interview with Pili Goodo

Community Involvement in the Yaeda Valley Project – an Interview with Pili Goodo REDD in the Yaeda Valley is one of Plan Vivo’s newest and largest projects, covering over 20,000 hectares of Hazda community land in Tanzania. The Hadza are an egalitarian society and value their land highly, however getting others to understand this value […]

David Beroff

Director of Operations

David is a dedicated conservationist with both an excellent academic record and extensive field experience in designing and implementing practical conservation and agricultural project work. At Carbon Tanzania, he oversees the highly technical aspects of project operations, while also using his interpersonal and language skills to communicate the many and complex details of our projects to our partner communities and field collaborators.

Alpha Jackson

Director of Finance

Alpha is a Certified Public Accountant with a degree in accountancy and finance. Alpha is responsible for overseeing all the finance and accounting systems both within the company and across our projects. Alpha’s work with the communities also ensures that they are able to plan the financial management and implement best practices in the allocation of the revenues from their successful natural resource protection activities.

Marc Baker

Co-founder

Marc oversees project operations, often in the field as well as from the Arusha base, and leads the search to find and develop new areas where our approach can deliver lasting results. As a co-founder of Carbon Tanzania, maintaining a connection with the landscapes in which Carbon Tanzania works is critical to Marc.

Jo Anderson

Co-founder

After an established career as one of East Africa’s leading professional outdoor, trekking and wildlife guides, Jo co-founded Carbon Tanzania. Jo’s focus is to ensure business sustainability through financial management and sales, and to ensure that the company has the financial capacity to scale when opportunities arise.