Bharat Biochar Initiative
#39of 58 in Biochar#27of 52 in ISO
Audit Analysis
The Bharat Biochar Initiative is a design-stage carbon removal project on the Isometric standard with a 1,000-year permanence claim for in-soil biochar. The PDD presents a reasonable technical design (combined additionality test, documented feedstock sustainability, LCA, carbon content testing), but the project lacks any independent verification, has no buffer pool to back its permanence claim, and provides only a thin justification for a 0% leakage deduction. With only a single PDD in the record and no verification or monitoring data, the project's claims remain unconfirmed.
Red Flags
- 1,000-year permanence claim with no buffer pool or independent storage verification to back it
- Additionality test (combined) is present in the PDD but has not been verified by any VVB
- 0% leakage deduction justified only as 'deemed negligible' with no quantitative analysis
- FPIC was not conducted despite the project involving local communities in India
- No verification report, monitoring report, or VVB identification in the available record
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Risk Indicators
Combined test in PDD, not VVB-verified
1,000-yr claim, no buffer pool, no reversals
0% deduction, 'deemed negligible' only
Project-specific, no reassessment date
Grievance mechanism present, FPIC not conducted
CORSIA and CCP status both unstated
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