Afforestation/Reforestation on Degraded Lands in Southwest Sichuan, China

Audit Analysis

A CDM afforestation project in Southwest Sichuan with a confirmed additionality test and a conservative lCER mechanism for non-permanence, but significant gaps in monitoring data, a project-specific baseline, and low document extraction confidence limit confidence in the overall credit quality. Seven corrective actions were required during validation, and no verified monitoring-period emissions reductions are available to benchmark against the lifetime claim.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Seven corrective actions were required in the validation report, including updating CER calculations and ensuring compliance with AR-CDM eligibility procedures, indicating material gaps in the initial PDD
• ⚠No monitoring-period verified emissions reductions are available in the extracted record, making it impossible to confirm actual delivery against the ~1.21 MtCO2 lifetime claim
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated low, meaning at least one key document was poorly readable and critical data may be missing
• ⚠Reversal events are listed as 'not addressed' in the extracted record, though lCERs are used to mitigate non-permanence risk
• ⚠Buffer pool size not disclosed in available documents

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.