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ScoredVCSremovalColombiaVintage 2022Registry: Registered

Afforestation of Degraded Grasslands in Vichada, Colombia

Developer: Forest First Colombia S.A.S

VCS-2512 ↗

#6of 170 in ARR (afforestation)#15of 213 in Colombia#86of 1609 in Verra (VCS)

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 7.5 / 10 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%.

Analysis

Afforestation of Degraded Grasslands in Vichada, Colombia (Colombia) plants or regenerates trees (afforestation, reforestation, revegetation) (reforestation with Acacia mangium and Eucalyptus pellita) under its methodology; registry status Registered (VCS), 609,543 credits issued (vintages 2017–2022). The documents name Colombian Institute for Technical Standards and Certification as validation body and Colombian Institute for Technical Standards and Certification (2016-09-15 – 2020-12-03), TÜV SÜD America, Inc (2020-12-04 – 2022-11-08) as verification bodies. The latest verification report (04 December 2020 – 08 November 2022) verifies 148,111 tCO2e.

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Findings

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Evidence

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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

  • 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: project sector

  • 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

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:2026-10-25

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2017
5,7725,7720
2018
88,55988,5590
2019
160,758159,986772
2020
238,126162,90375,223
2021
63,73053,8119,919
2022
52,59818,62933,969
Total609,543489,660119,883

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2016–2020AR-ACM0003 v2.0current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2020–2022AR-ACM0003version not stated in the document

    monitoring report + verification report

  • 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

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