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Re-assessment pendingVCSAgriculture Forestry and Other Land UsePanamaRegistry: Issuance requestedAR-ACM0003

Generation Forest Group Project

Developer: Futuro Forestal, S.A

Methodology: AR-ACM0003 (CDM)

VCS-2481 ↗

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#218of 296 in Soil carbon#16of 24 in Panama#1386of 1615 in Verra (VCS)#77of 106 in AR-ACM0003

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 9 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 4.6 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-09medium confidenceLatest monitoring period ends: 2021-06-05

evidence: 14/14 registry documents analyzed · 5 red flags

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How this analysis was made

Standard
Verra (VCS) How our current method reads projects of this standard
Methodology
AR-ACM0003 How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v2.1 · analysed on 9 Sep 2026 · 14/14 registry documents analyzed · re-assessment under v2.2 pending

Analysis

The Generation Forest Group Project in Panama is a 100-year reforestation/soil carbon project under VCS methodology AR-ACM0003 v2.0, still in 'verification approval requested' status. While it benefits from VVB-confirmed additionality, a 10% buffer pool, and no reported reversals, the project is burdened by over 40 material findings, 7 open corrective actions, and five inter-document contradictions on key parameters including the lifetime ex-ante estimate and leakage treatment. The overall picture is one of a project with a sound structural framework but significant unresolved quality and consistency issues that must be addressed before issuance.

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Findings

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On this page: the analysis of 9 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 5 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 14 registry documents (14 analyzed).

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label · read on 1 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No ICVCM information

    No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.

  • Removal or reduction

    Carbon removal

    Takes CO₂ out of the atmosphere — the only type that can neutralise residual emissions in an SBTi net-zero claim.

    Source: methodology

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label · read on 1 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-11-01

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2017
10,2636,4843,779
2018
10,2648,3791,885
2019
10,2638,0372,226
2020
10,2648,6111,653
2021
10,2638,8631,400
Total51,31740,37410,943

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2016–2021AR-ACM0003 v2.0current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  • AR-ACM0003: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

A version is shown only when the document's own text writes it next to the methodology code. Current versions, status and CCP ranges come from the official pages linked, checked on the date shown.

Documents on the registry

Retired by

Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records. (+6)

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