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ScoredVCSAgriculture Forestry and Other Land UseUnited StatesRegistry: RegisteredVM0003

Bethlehem Authority Improved Forest Management Project

Developer: Bethlehem Authority

VCS-1060 ↗

Worked comparison example (English)

#44of 305 in Soil carbon#389of 1798 in United States#291of 1608 in Verra (VCS)#2of 5 in VM0003

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 6.8 / 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%.

Scored2026-10-17medium confidenceLatest verified period ends: 2021-12-31

evidence: 51/58 registry documents read · 0 red flags

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Analysis

Bethlehem Authority Improved Forest Management Project (United States) improves forest management to increase carbon stocks (VCS IFM) (Improved Forest Management) under VM0003 Version 1.1; registry status Registered (VCS), 265,425 credits issued (vintages 2012–2021). The documents name Ruby Canyon Environmental, Inc as validation / verification body. Project area: 17,591 acres. The latest verification report (01-01-2021 – 31-12-2021) verifies 35,959 tCO2e.

Red Flags

No red flags detected.

Findings

Risk Indicators

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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)

    Methodology under ICVCM assessmentVM0003

    The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Not determined

    The registry data do not say whether these credits are removals or reductions.

  • 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
2012
22,02722,0270
2013
24,58924,5890
2014
26,46626,4660
2015
32,40132,4010
2016
12,88712,8870
2017
32,39332,3930
2018
33,66833,6680
2019
20,74520,7450
2020
28,78528,7850
2021
31,46465630,808
Total265,425234,61730,808

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2012VM0003 v1.1since replaced by v1.3

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2013VM0003 v1.1since replaced by v1.3

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2014VM0003 v1.1since replaced by v1.3

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  4. 2015VM0003 v1.1since replaced by v1.3

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  5. 2016VM0003 v1.1since replaced by v1.3

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  6. 2017VM0003 v1.1since replaced by v1.3

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  7. 2018VM0003 v1.1since replaced by v1.3

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  8. 2019VM0003 v1.1since replaced by v1.3

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  9. 2020VM0003 v1.1since replaced by v1.3

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  10. 2021VM0003 v1.1since replaced by v1.3

    monitoring report + verification report + issuance document

    official page · verified on

  • VM0003: Active (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · official page · verified on

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Analysis ProvenanceVM0003 Version 1.1
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