Burney Forest Power v1.2

Audit Analysis

Burney Forest Power is a biochar carbon-removal project under the Isometric standard with a 200-year permanence claim, but the available record consists solely of a PDD with six material findings and four required corrective actions. No verification report, monitoring report, or independent VVB assessment is present, leaving the 2,800-tonne ERR claim unverified and the additionality test unconfirmed by a third party. The project does demonstrate positive safeguards (FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing) and reports no reversal events, but the documentation and verification gaps are substantial.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Six material findings in the PDD, including non-compliant sampling, commingled biochar/ash samples, missing contaminant analyses (PCB, PAH, PCDD/F), absent deployment receipts, and no stack monitoring for CH4/N2O
• ⚠No independent VVB identified and no verification report available; additionality (combined test) is unverified by a third party
• ⚠200-year permanence claim with no buffer pool percentage stated, leaving no quantified safety margin against reversal
• ⚠Only one document (PDD) in the evidence base; no monitoring report, no verified ERR figure, and no CORSIA or CCP eligibility determination

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