Carbono Hass

Audit Analysis

Carbono Hass is a Colombian Andean forestry carbon-removal project verified by ICONTEC under the CerCarbono standard, with additionality confirmed via a combined test and a buffer pool in place. However, nine material contradictions across the project's documents—particularly on leakage treatment, buffer-pool percentage, and verified ERR figures—significantly undermine data reliability. The project over-delivered relative to its ex-ante estimate, which is a positive signal, but the unresolved inconsistencies and gaps in FNRB, usage monitoring, and CORSIA/CCP status limit confidence in the credit's integrity.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Nine contradictions across documents, including leakage deduction (0% in monitoring report vs 9.5% in validation report), buffer pool (5% vs 9.5%), and verified ERR (19,028 vs 21,026 tCO2e), indicating significant data-reliability issues
• ⚠Reversal events described as 'not addressed' in the 2024 verification report but 'reported' in the 2023 verification report, creating uncertainty about permanence risk management
• ⚠FPIC status contradicted: monitoring report confirms FPIC was conducted, while the PDD states it was not
• ⚠FNRB value, usage monitoring method, CORSIA eligibility, and CCP status are all not stated in any available document
• ⚠2.7% of total biomass excluded from the first verification period due to algorithm limitations, with no comparative references available

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