Chattanooga Forest Carbon Offsets
#147of 389 in United States#46of 59 in City Forest Credits (CFC)
Audit Analysis
The Chattanooga (St. Elmo Preservation) urban forest carbon project is a tree preservation initiative under the CFC standard with a 40-year crediting period. Additionality was confirmed by an independent VVB via a combined test, and a 10% buffer pool is in place, but the project-specific baseline, unaddressed reversal risk over four decades, and several missing MRV details (FNRB, usage monitoring) limit confidence. No contradictions were found and the verified ERR matches the claimed figure exactly for the monitoring period.
Red Flags
- Reversal events are listed as 'not addressed' despite a 40-year permanence claim (2020–2060), leaving the buffer pool's adequacy untested against actual risk
- Leakage is described as 'quantified' in the justification but no specific deduction percentage is stated in any available document
- Baseline is project-specific with no reassessment date recorded, and the CFC standard's reassessment cadence is not confirmed in the extracted record
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8,715 | 0 | 8,715 | |
| 2022 | 1,412 | 1,171 | 241 | |
| Total | 10,127 | 1,171 | 8,956 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test
mixed evidence / unresolved risk
Quantified justification but no specific % stated
Project-specific; reassessment date not recorded
Benefit sharing described; FPIC and grievance mechanism not stated
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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