ACAP Albania Vjosë-Nartë A/R project

Audit Analysis

A small-scale (531 tCO₂) afforestation project in Albania validated by AENOR with a combined additionality test and a 10% non-permanence buffer. However, the validation report surfaced seven corrective action requests and three comments covering inconsistencies in tree counts, CO₂ figures, safeguards documentation, and additionality evidence, and the project-specific baseline with a 0% leakage deduction (deemed negligible) leaves material integrity gaps. No monitoring reports are available, and the low extraction confidence further limits confidence in the extracted record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Seven corrective action requests (CARs) in the validation report, including inconsistencies in tree numbers and CO₂ removal amounts, broken methodology references, missing additionality evidence, and safeguards documentation gaps
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% justified only as 'deemed negligible' with no quantified analysis, which is a weak basis for an A/R project where displaced harvest or land-use change is plausible
• ⚠No monitoring reports or monitoring period data available in the extracted record; the project's actual performance cannot be verified against its ex-ante estimate
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable

Credit Vintages

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