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Re-assessment pendingCARImproved Forest Management - ARB ComplianceUSRegistry: RegisteredARB-US-FOREST

Finite Carbon - West Grand Lake IFM

Developer: Downeast Lakes Land Trust

CAR-1217 ↗

Worked comparison example (English)

#302of 534 in REDD+#1081of 1794 in United States#718of 1012 in Climate Action Reserve (CAR)#121of 250 in ARB-US-FOREST

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 19 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 4.5 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-19medium confidenceLatest monitoring period ends: 2021-09-29

evidence:34/34registry documents analyzed · 5red flags

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Analysis

This CAR/ARB Improved Forest Management project in Maine presents significant integrity concerns: a reported reversal event, a dramatic swing in verified emissions reductions from approximately +24,570 tCO₂e to −6,998 tCO₂e between the 2022 and 2023 verification reports, and a project-specific baseline with no documented reassessment. While the 20% quantified leakage deduction and VVB-confirmed investment additionality test are positive, the net-negative ERR and methodological recalculation (attributed to ARB guidance on dead saplings) raise serious questions about the robustness of the underlying carbon stock estimates.

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Findings

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Evidence

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No ICVCM information

    No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: project sector

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-10-11

Credit Vintages Exhausted

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2015
599,21700
2016
35,77200
2017
8,15500
2018
28,65700
2019
13,16600
2020
24,56900
Total709,53600

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceARB Compliance Offset Protocol (COP) for U.S. Forest Protocol
Methodology·Editorial Policy·About the System

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