Bagepalli CDM Reforestation Programme

Audit Analysis

The Bagepalli CDM Reforestation Programme is a 2008-era forestry project validated by TÜV SÜD that uses limited CERs to address non-permanence, but the validation report flagged 21 material findings and 28 corrective actions covering baseline, boundary, leakage, and monitoring deficiencies. No monitoring reports or verified emission reduction figures are available in the extracted record, and the low extraction confidence further limits confidence in the data. The project's structural safeguards (lCERs, VVB-verified additionality, FPIC) are present but are undermined by the volume of initial deficiencies and the absence of any post-validation monitoring evidence.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠21 material findings and 28 corrective actions in the validation report indicate the initial PDD was significantly deficient in baseline, boundary, leakage, and monitoring design
• ⚠Leakage deduction is 0% with a 'deemed negligible' justification, yet the VVB explicitly required estimation of leakage from displacement of grazing, cropland, and fuelwood collection — the final position appears inconsistent with the VVB's requirement
• ⚠No monitoring reports or verified emission reduction figures are available; the only ERR figure is the ex-ante claim of 1,842,065 tCO2e over the full crediting period
• ⚠Low extraction confidence indicates at least one key document was poorly readable, reducing reliability of the extracted data
• ⚠Reversal events are marked as 'not addressed' in the extracted record, despite the project relying on lCERs as the non-permanence mechanism
• ⚠Buffer pool size not disclosed in available documents

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.