Climate Resilient & Community Driven Mangrove Afforestation Programme

Audit Analysis

This VCS mangrove afforestation project in Sri Lanka (1,031 ha, AR-AM0014 v3.0) carries a 20-year crediting period and an 11% buffer pool, but its integrity is undermined by 19 corrective action requests during validation that flagged fundamental non-compliance of the baseline and additionality with the VCS Combined Tool, alongside seven cross-document contradictions. No monitoring reports or verified ERR figures are available, and the low extraction confidence on key documents further limits confidence in the project's data quality.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠19 Corrective Action Requests raised during validation, including that the baseline scenario and additionality demonstration were not in full compliance with the VCS Combined Tool (v01)
• ⚠Seven contradictions between the 2025 validation report (all positive) and the 2023 issuance / 2022 PDD (all negative or unaddressed) on FPIC, additionality, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing, safeguards, leakage, and reversal events
• ⚠No monitoring reports or verified ERR figures found in any available document; total_err_verified is absent from the record
• ⚠One Forward Action Request remains open regarding verification of the contractual agreement for the entire project longevity
• ⚠Low extraction confidence on at least one key document, reducing reliability of the extracted data

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.