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Afforestation on the Big Island of Hawaii: Restoring native hardwood forests and enhancing multiple ecosystem services

Standard
GS
Methodology
GS-AR (GS)
Registry
GS-1333 ↗ · current registry ID: GS3260 · Registered
Country
United States
Credit type
A/R
Developer
HLH
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CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives Afforestation on the Big Island of Hawaii: Restoring native hardwood forests and enhancing multiple ecosystem services (GS-1333) 3.5 out of 10 (Low rating) under CarbonMeld methodology v3, documents read on 28 Oct 2026. The analysis read 7 of the 8 registry documents. It is CarbonMeld's own assessment, not a rating given by the registry or the standard.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based rating

01020304 Document-based rating 3.5 / 10
Additionality 🔒 Quantification 🔒 Permanence 🔒 Claim safety 🔒
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Document-based rating

3.5/10

Low rating (3.5 to 4.9)

Evidence coverage: medium

How solid the credit is, as far as the registry's public documents show. Additionality and quantification start from a public grade; permanence starts at 5.0, the neutral point, where none applies, and claim safety always does.

Methodology v3 · documents read on 28 Oct 2026

Starting point

  • Additionality: CCQI's score for this type of project (CCQI does not list this methodology under this programme: the grade CCQI gives this type of project under the programme)
  • Quantification: CCQI's score for this type of project (CCQI does not list this methodology under this programme: the grade CCQI gives this type of project under the programme) (CCQI grades version 2 of this methodology)
  • Permanence: CCQI's score for this type of project (CCQI grades permanence by programme: this is its grade of the project's programme)
  • Claim safety: neutral (5.0) — no public grade of this type of project applies

Rules that lowered the number: 1

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Not counted in the number

  • The baseline type: not among the facts read
  • The oldest vintage still on sale, the content of the safeguards and the verifier's quality: not among the facts read

Analysed on 28 Oct 2026Latest verified period ends:

evidence: 7/8 registry documents read

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How this analysis was made

Standard
Gold Standard (GS) How our current method reads projects of this standard
Methodology
Gold Standard Afforestation/Reforestation (A/R) GHG Emissions Reduction & Sequestration Methodology, Version 1 How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 28 Oct 2026 · 7/8 registry documents read

Analysis

Afforestation on the Big Island of Hawaii: Restoring native hardwood forests and enhancing multiple ecosystem services (United States) plants trees on land that is not forest (afforestation / reforestation, agroforestry allowed) and is credited for the CO2 the growing trees remove (A/R activities) under Gold Standard Afforestation/Reforestation (A/R) GHG Emissions Reduction & Sequestration Methodology, Version 1; registry status Registered (GS), 8,267 credits issued (vintages 2014–2020). The documents name Pangolin Associates as validation / verification body. Project area: 449 ha. The latest verification read (2015-01-01 – 2020-02-28) verifies 8,093 tCO2e.

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 12 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: registry label · read on 12 Nov 2026

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

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    Not published

    This registry does not publish Article 6 authorizations.

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.

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailablePlanned (PER)
2014
1740174—
2017
814400414—
2018
4,4904004,090—
2019
2,53302,533—
2020
2560256995
2021
0001,497
2022
0001,732
2023
0001,894
2024
0001,998
2025
0002,139
2026
0002,397
2027
0002,518
2028
0002,658
2029
0002,569
2030
0002,701
2031
0002,731
2032
0002,485
2033
0002,277
2034
0002,025
2035
0001,994
2036
0001,931
2037
0001,848
2038
0001,616
2039
0001,666
2040
0001,577
2041
0001,447
2042
0001,566
2043
0001,524
2044
0001,615
2045
0001,656
2046
0001,758
2047
0001,649
2048
0001,771
2049
0001,611
2050
0001,406
2051
0001,499
2052
0001,393
2053
0001,401
2054
0001,336
2055
0001,514
2056
0001,380
2057
0001,252
2058
0001,090
2059
0001,010
Total8,2678007,46771,126

Planned (PER): Gold Standard planned emission reductions, issued ex-ante and not yet verified. They are not counted as issued or available credits.

Retired by

Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records.

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CarbonMeld (2026). Afforestation on the Big Island of Hawaii: Restoring native hardwood forests and enhancing multiple ecosystem services (GS-1333): CarbonMeld document-based rating, methodology v3, documents read on 28 Oct 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/afforestation-on-the-big-island-of-hawaii-restoring-native-hardwood-forests-and-/.

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