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Re-assessment pendingVCSForestryBrazilRegistry: RegisteredVM0007

Florestal Santa Maria Project

Developer: Caraguá Agronegócios LTDA

VCS-875 ↗

#402of 539 in REDD+#417of 500 in Brazil#1449of 1609 in Verra (VCS)#23of 26 in VM0007

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 9 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 4.3 / 10 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

Analysis

The Florestal Santa Maria Project is a registered VCS forestry project in Brazil with a verified additionality test and a 10% buffer pool, but it carries significant integrity concerns including deforestation within the project area (58 ha), extensive leakage-belt losses (over 1,100 ha), absence of FPIC, and 22 nonconformances raised during verification. The project delivered approximately 68% of its pro-rata lifetime expectation for the 2019–2022 monitoring period, indicating conservative crediting, yet the low extraction confidence and numerous unresolved documentation gaps limit confidence in the overall data quality.

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Findings

Risk Indicators

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Leakage

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On this page: the analysis of 9 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 5 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 30 registry documents (30 analyzed).

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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: methodology

  • 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:2026-10-25

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2009
595,360591,6403,720
2010
840,000840,0000
2011
842,617842,6089
2012
891,042616,987274,055
2013
938,808608,987329,821
2014
924,213532,075392,138
2015
843,341390,539452,802
2016
826,330182,350643,980
2017
965,71530,000935,715
2018
377,14572,444304,701
2019
222,707222,7070
2020
16,26116,2610
2021
94,24593,989256
Total8,377,7845,040,5873,337,197

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2009–2012VM0007 v1.1since replaced by v1.8

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2012–2019VM0007 v1.5since replaced by v1.8

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2019–2022VM0007 v1.6since replaced by v1.8

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  • VM0007: Active (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · official page · verified on

A version is shown only when the document's own text writes it next to the methodology code. Current versions, status and CCP ranges come from the official pages linked, checked on the date shown.

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