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ScoredVCSAgriculture Forestry and Other Land UseEthiopiaRegistry: RegisteredVM0015

Bale Mountains Eco-region REDD+ project

Developer: Oromia Forest and Wildlife Enterprise

VCS-1340 ↗

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#5of 303 in Soil carbon#1of 51 in Ethiopia#21of 1609 in Verra (VCS)#1of 30 in VM0015

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 7.5 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
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%.

Scored2026-10-11medium confidenceLatest verified period ends: 2021-12-31

evidence:26/26registry documents read · 0red flags

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Analysis

Bale Mountains Eco-region REDD+ project (Ethiopia) avoids deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) (avoided deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) in moist and dry forests) under VM0015 Version 1.1; registry status Registered (VCS), 9,162,049 credits issued (vintages 2012–2020). The documents name Certification Body “Environment and Energy”, TÜV SÜD South Asia as validation body and Certification Body “Environment and Energy”, TÜV SÜD South Asia (2012-01-01 – 2015-12-31), TÜV NORD CERT GmbH (2016-01-01 – 2019-12-31, 2020-01-01 – 2021-12-31) as verification bodies. Project area: 261,053 ha. The latest verification report (01-01-2020 – 31-12-2021) verifies 3,196,344 tCO2e.

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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

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: methodology

  • 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:2026-10-11

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2012
1,233,5461,233,5460
2013
1,193,7231,193,7230
2014
1,155,8421,155,8420
2015
1,119,4001,111,8577,543
2016
4,438,7803,437,2781,001,502
2020
20,75819,6781,080
Total9,162,0498,151,9241,010,125

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2012–2015VM0015 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2016–2019VM0015version not stated in the document

    monitoring report + verification report

  3. 2020–2021VM0015the documents for this period state different versions (v1.0, v1.1)

    monitoring report + verification report

  • VM0015: Active (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · 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.

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Analysis ProvenanceVM0015 Version 1.1
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