Deforestation in Malawi: A Case Study

9 June, 2022 | George Syder
Categories: Case Study, Malawi

Whilst on a recent site visit to Malawi, I saw first hand the impacts of fuelwood stress, compounding the need for projects that reduce requirement for fuelwood. Having hiked up Michiru Mountain, through its wooded slopes and montane grasslands, I could see back across Blantyre, Malawi’s second largest city. Looking away from the city, villages… Read the full article >



Mobile Monitoring in Sierra Leone

28 February, 2022 | George Syder
Categories: Safe Water, Sierra Leone

Over the last few weeks, annual monitoring has been taking place in Sierra Leone by our partners CODE-SL. These surveys help provide evidence for the calculation of carbon credits, and to ensure the project is delivering its SDG targets. This year, Sierra Leone has been conducting annual monitoring using the KoBo Collect app. This smartphone… Read the full article >


Don’t COP-out: World Leaders pledge to halt deforestation by 2030

18 November, 2021 | George Syder
Categories: Climate Change, Conferences

With COP26 ending, let’s take a closer look at one of the more landmark announcements: a pledge to end deforestation by 2030. The pledge as written is to work ‘collectively to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 while delivering sustainable development and promoting an inclusive rural transformation’. In support of this… Read the full article >


Pump Minder training vital for project delivery in Sierra Leone

6 September, 2021 | George Syder
Categories: Safe Water, Sierra Leone

In Sierra Leone, our partners CODE-SL have been out in the communities this last month conducting pump minder training; which ‘aims at giving knowledge on the roles and responsibilities of pump minders to ensure proper usage, management and maintenance of community boreholes to support healthy living in our communities’. We asked CODE-SL about the activities… Read the full article >




Introducing Myself…

15 June, 2021 | George Syder
Categories: CO2balance

Hello I am George, the newest Carbon Projects Officer at CO2Balance in Taunton. I am excited to have joined the teams’ great efforts in developing climate mitigation and sustainable development projects. I join CO2Balance with a background in conservation, studying Wildlife Biology at the University of South Wales, which allowed me to undertake research in… Read the full article >