Small projects establish forests on grasslands or croplands with limited displacement of existing activities. The method measures net CO2 removal through increases in carbon stocks.
Buffer pool: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases. CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. It does not apply to CDM projects. Our current method never counts it as a gap for them. At the listing stage (under development), Verra asks a draft project description without its non-permanence risk section (Verra, «Registration and Issuance Process» v4.6, 16 Oct 2024, §3.1.3, p7). CarbonMeld then adds no buffer flag. CM-F-ARR-BUFFER
A confirmed investment analysis A-INVEST
The documents show a project-level additionality test, the validation confirmed it, and it is an investment analysis (a numeric test of the project's finances with and without carbon revenue).
Leakage not addressed (forest and land) Q-LEAKAGE-NOT-ADDRESSED
Forest, wetland, peat, grassland and soil carbon: the documents read do not address leakage. Outside REDD+ and reforestation, the rule applies only where the methodology requires a leakage assessment. At the listing stage, the rule does not apply if the programme's listing form has no section on leakage. CarbonMeld applies this rule only where a check of the documents has confirmed its condition; without that check, the rule takes no points.
Where carbon is stored: the permanence start P-START
CarbonMeld scores permanence only for projects that store carbon. Forest projects start from CCQI's grade of the programme on criterion 3.2. CCQI grades this criterion by programme, so its grade applies to every methodology of the programme. Where CCQI does not grade the programme, permanence starts at the neutral 5.0: the CDM's grade does not stand in for another programme's approach to permanence. Direct air capture with storage, biogenic emissions capture with storage, other geological storage and biochar start at the top, 8.0. The EU classes these types as permanent carbon removals. Enhanced weathering also starts at 8.0. It shares a family with direct air capture. This start is our own judgement. Concrete carbonation, ocean alkalinity, buried biomass and long-lived materials start at the neutral 5.0. These types have no class in a public source.
Forests: CCQI's grade of the programme.
No legal requirement for the activity: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases (VM0047 §7, p. 13). Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-ARR-REGULATORY-SURPLUS
Social safeguards and consent of communities (FPIC): any such rules come from the programme, not the methodology (GS LUF v1.2.1, p. 14). Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-ARR-SAFEGUARDS-FPIC
The criterion does not apply to this methodology. Our current method never counts it as a gap.
The general rules apply as well. Read the general rules.
The rules of methodology v2.2, as they were: the archived v2.2 page.
Merged into AR-AMS0007
withdrawn at CDM Executive Board meeting 68 · AR-AMS0007 version 02.0.0 of 20 Jul 2012
AR-AMS0001 | Simplified baseline and monitoring methodologies for small-scale A/R CDM project activities implemented on grasslands or croplands with limited displacement of pre-project activities --- Version 6.0 | AR-AMS0007 | EB 68
v06adopted 17 Sept 2010source
Corrects equations 33, 34, 35 and 36 and changes the title of the methodology to “Simplified baseline and monitoring methodology for small-scale A/R CDM project activities implemented on grasslands or croplands with limited displacement of …
v05source
Section requiring estimation of project emissions from fertilizer application revised to apply the guidance provided in paragraph 35 of EB 42 meeting report. According to EB 42 guidance GHG emissions from fertilizer application are …
v04.1adopted 29 Nov 2007source
To correct the reference to GPG tables for biomass (para 11) and root shoot ratios (para 13) and other minor editorials.
v04adopted 27 Jul 2007source
Improved and simplified procedures for the estimation of: (i) Biomass stocks in the baseline; (ii) Leakage of GHG emissions related to the shift of pre-project activities; and (iii) GHG emissions resulting from the use of fertilizer as a …
v03adopted 15 Dec 2006source
Changes to the calculations of biomass in baseline and improvement of leakage calculations related to the grazing capacity of lands and procedures for demonstration of the eligibility of land in accordance with the COP/MOP 2 decision.
v02adopted 29 Sept 2006source
To correct the equation for estimation of the below-ground biomass and include some minor editorial changes.
v01adopted 9 Dec 2005source
Initial adoption.
Browse 42 published projects using AR-AMS0001, listed alphabetically. There is no ranking for this methodology yet: it appears here automatically once 5 of its projects not in the pipeline or under validation are rated. Open a project to view its registry details and the analysis available for that project.
In CarbonMeld's data, AR-AMS0001 projects are on 3 registries: CDM (28), Verra (13) and Gold Standard (1). Being listed on a registry is not the same as being registered: the «Registered» column counts the projects each registry shows as registered, and credits are issued only after each verification.
| Registry | Projects | Registered | Projects list |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDM (UNFCCC) | 28 | 17 | See the list |
| Verra (VCS) | 13 | 9 | See the list |
| Gold Standard (GS) | 1 | 1 | See the list |
Counts of project records in CarbonMeld's data, with or without a CarbonMeld analysis. «Registered» counts the records whose current registry status is «registered», as last read (15 November 2026); projects in a later status, such as awaiting verification approval, late to verify or completed, are not in that column.
2 of these projects have no number: additionality, quantification or both have no public grade of their type of project that applies to them yet. Their pages show the analysis.
