What We Do
From coastal ecosystem to high-integrity carbon asset
Bahari Nature Capital originates, certifies, structures, and commercialises coastal carbon assets across Tanzania and the wider Western Indian Ocean. It is a private company limited by shares, incorporated in Tanzania under the Companies Act, Cap. 212 R.E. 2023, and it is the counterparty in all certification, offtake, and investor engagement. Action for Ocean delivers the field work under formal agreement.
Our Origin
Built to convert groundwork into a bankable asset
Bahari Nature Capital Limited is a private company limited by shares, incorporated in Tanzania under the Companies Act, Cap. 212 R.E. 2023. It was formed as the dedicated commercial entity for coastal carbon value across Tanzania's seascape. The carbon work itself answers to separate regulation: GN 636 (2022), under which the Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park is classified at Regulation 34(3)(d).
The company's founding draws on three years of pre-commercial development across 15 coastal villages in Mtwara Region: high-quality carbon sampling, socio-economic assessments, legal and policy analysis, and governance diagnostics that validated MBREMP's ecological potential and community readiness as a carbon project site. That work established the foundation. Bahari Nature Capital was incorporated to convert it into a credit-ready, investable asset, and gave that flagship programme its name: Kaboni Yetu.
Carbon origination at institutional quality needs a dedicated entity: one that can engage investors, negotiate offtake agreements, coordinate with Plan Vivo and the National Carbon Monitoring Centre, and move at market pace. Field delivery (community engagement, ecological restoration, and field-level MRV monitoring) is provided under formal contract by Action for Ocean (AFO), a registered Tanzanian marine conservation NGO with deep operational presence across the MBREMP coastal landscape. AFO is Bahari Nature Capital's founding conservation partner; its role is field delivery under agreement, and Bahari Nature Capital's role is commercial origination and market access.
"The barrier in Tanzania is not a lack of interest in blue carbon. It is the complexity of getting from a conservation ambition to a verified, investable programme that is genuinely community-led."
What the company is constituted to do
The company's Memorandum of Association sets a wide mandate, and the portfolio is built to grow into it. Only the carbon origination work at Mnazi Bay is active today.
Carbon and credits
Developing and commercialising blue carbon, terrestrial carbon and other nature-based mitigation projects, and originating, financing, managing and trading carbon, biodiversity and ecosystem-service credits.
Measurement and research
Monitoring, reporting and verification, data collection, mapping and environmental assessment, alongside scientific research, feasibility studies and natural capital valuation.
Climate and conservation finance
Facilitating access to climate, conservation, blended and impact finance, and structuring and administering environmental funds, investment facilities and special purpose vehicles.
Restoration and coastal enterprise
Mangrove, seagrass, coral reef, wetland, watershed and forest restoration, and support for conservation enterprises, sustainable fisheries, aquaculture, seaweed farming and mariculture.
Traceability and benefit-sharing
Digital platforms for environmental monitoring and traceability, certification and responsible-sourcing systems, and equitable benefit-sharing and revenue distribution mechanisms for participating communities.
Advisory and capacity
Advisory, consulting and technical assistance, and education, training, incubation and mentorship in climate action, conservation and the blue economy.
Operating inside Tanzania's carbon market
GN 636: Carbon Trading Regulations (2022)
Tanzania's primary carbon market regulation. Governs carbon rights, revenue distribution, project registration, and the roles of national and local authorities across all project types.
Revenue Distribution: Reg. 34(3)(d)
As a centrally managed marine park, MBREMP's revenue distribution follows the shares set by GN 636 Regulation 34(3)(d) across the marine park authority, village governments, district council, and the national registry, with the balance to the project developer.
Benefit-Sharing & CSR: Reg. 35
All activities are designed to comply with Regulation 35 obligations and Plan Vivo benefit-sharing standards. Bahari Nature Capital is pursuing arrangements that strengthen the community share and social licence.
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