Spekboom Carbon Capture Projects

Visit www.socialcarbon.org to view project “Spekboom Regeneration and Carbon Sequestration”.

Why Is Spekboom So Special?

Spekboom Net Zero is a large-scale carbon capture project in South Africa based on planting Portulacaria Afra (Spekboom) on available farmland and other suitable land areas.  The first phase of this project will be on the order of 7,000 Ha with the potential of capturing 100,000 tonnes CO2 per year for 200 years.

CO2 Absorption

Spekboom carbon capture rate is like a tropical rain forest per hectare, at a rate of 15 to 29 tons of CO2 per hectare per year,

except this carbon sequestration rate lives in a hot and dry subtropical ecological system, not in a rain forest.

NO SPECIAL ATTENTION

It can live mostly anywhere, in desert, in mountains, by the sea on sand dunes. It doesn’t need any special attention, like fertilizers or special irrigation.

Easy to plant

It is easy to plant, just break off a branch (even just a leaf) and stick it in the ground. It grows to 2 to 3 meters in 4 years and lasts 200 years.

Social Carbon Capture

Unemployment in Eastern Cape South Africa is nearly 50%. Spekboom Carbon Capture Projects will provide income to workers and families that are just surviving day-to-day living in poverty.

MORE ABOUT SPEKBOOM

Carbon Credit Project Development

Typical Carbon Credit Project 2022

  • Project arrangement defined.
  • Stakeholder consultation meeting with verification company.
  • Obtain verification.
  • After one year, audit to confirm carbon capture rate. 
  • Carbon Credit issued by verification company and placed on registry.
  • Buyers can purchase credits directly from project developer, or brokers or retailers. Demand continues to be greater than supply.
  • Payment distributed to Stakeholders.
Restored spekboom, 27 years after cuttings were planted

Spekboom Large Scale Carbon Capture Continues Year on Year

Eastern Cape, South Africa was flagged by the United Nations as particularly suitable for mass restoration and rehabilitation projects, in part due to Spekboom and subtropical valley thicket, and as part of carbon sequestration and climate mitigation

GALLERY

Spekboom is a low-maintenance shrub, and doesn't need to be cultivated in a nursery before planting, making it cheap and convenient
How Shrubs Can Help Climate Change,” Alexander Matthews, BBC Future 4 February 2020
In spekboom-rich thicket, the dense canopy and the “skirt” of branches create a cool dry microclimate underneath.

INTERVIEW WITH F.B. WILLIAMS

F B Williams is the first farmer in South Africa to participate in the Spekboom Regeneration and Carbon Sequestration Project.

WHY GO FOR IT?

We love and promote South Africa

Carbon Capture farming will increase employment in South Africa, improve ecotourism and improve income for South African farmers.

Estimated income to farmers may be around R 1,875,000.00 per year per 1000 Ha of carbon capture land.

It will help capture CO2 from our atmosphere for next 200 years.

Get In Touch

Philip Smith
+27 82 853 2091

philip@spekboomnetzero.com