Earth Maa Project: Restoring Land, Rewriting Futures

Restoring Degraded Land into Climate-Positive Landscapes

The Earth Maa Project, launched in June 2021, is a large-scale Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation (ARR) initiative transforming 588.5 hectares of degraded land into productive, climate-resilient ecosystems.

Designed as more than a plantation effort, the project builds a long-term model where land restoration, carbon removal, and community livelihoods intersect. By introducing agroforestry systems across previously unproductive land, it enables both ecological recovery and sustained economic value.

From Pilot to Scale

The project operates under the VM0047 methodology (Verra), combining on-ground field data with remote sensing to ensure transparent, accurate, and verifiable carbon measurement.

Over a 20-year crediting period, Earth Maa is expected to remove 899,010 tCO₂e. In its early years alone (2021–2024), the project has already achieved 48,823 tCO₂e of verified removals—demonstrating strong execution and early credibility in carbon markets. Beyond carbon, the project is built around people.

It supports 108 smallholder farmers through agroforestry-based income systems, creating diversified and resilient livelihoods. Revenue from carbon credits further strengthens the local economy, ensuring that climate action translates into real financial benefits on the ground.

Women are actively included in decision-making and management roles, embedding inclusivity into the project’s foundation rather than treating it as an afterthought. At the ecosystem level, the impact is equally tangible.

The project improves soil health, reduces erosion, and increases canopy cover, enabling biodiversity to return and landscapes to stabilise over time. What was once degraded land is now evolving into a functioning, regenerative system.

Earth Maa is not just a single intervention—it is a scalable model for climate action.

A model where:

• Carbon removal is measurable and credible
• Communities are central, not peripheral
• Nature-based solutions deliver both ecological and economic value

In essence, Earth Maa shows that restoring land isn’t just about planting trees. It’s about rebuilding systems that last.