CORE CARBON VANAM IN TELANGANA STATE

Audit Analysis

The Core Carbon Vanam project in Telangana is a VCS-registered fruit-tree management project (mango and sweet orange, 8,360 trees across 18.6 ha) with a VVB-verified combined additionality test and a 20% buffer pool. However, a striking eight-fold discrepancy between the PDD's claimed ERR (8,390,382) and the validation report's figure (1,054,170), combined with 15 material findings at validation and a low extraction confidence rating, raise significant concerns about data reliability and over-crediting risk. No verified ERR figure was found in the available documents.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Eight-fold discrepancy in total ERR between the PDD (8,390,382, July 2022) and the validation report (1,054,170, June 2025) — the PDD figure is roughly 8× the validated figure, creating serious over-crediting risk if the PDD value was used for any early issuance
• ⚠15 material findings in the validation report spanning additionality evidence, leakage methodology, GIS/plot-area inconsistencies, non-permanence risk scoring, safeguards, benefit sharing, and monitoring plan deficiencies
• ⚠No verified ERR figure found in any available document — the project's actual carbon delivery cannot be independently confirmed
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable or incomplete
• ⚠Leakage justification contradicts between documents: the PDD (2022) states 'deemed negligible' while the validation report (2025) states 'quantified', yet the deduction is 0% in both cases

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.