Forest Conservation in Boumba-et-Ngoko

Integrity

The 2024 verification report by Earthood Services Private Limited confirms additionality through an investment test, which is a meaningful positive for integrity. The report also shows a 24% buffer pool and states that no reversal events were reported, while leakage is deducted at 20%, which supports permanence and leakage management. That said, the baseline is project-specific and the record does not state when it was last reassessed, so baseline robustness is only moderate.

Transparency

Transparency is limited by missing MRV detail in the extracted record. The monitoring period is clearly stated and the verifier is named, but verified versus claimed ERR totals are not found, and the usage monitoring method is also not stated. The absence of these core reporting elements reduces the ability to independently assess performance.

Claim Safety

Claim safety is moderate rather than strong because the project has some safeguards against over-crediting, including a 20% leakage deduction in the latest report and no reported reversals. However, the baseline remains project-specific, and the contradiction over leakage treatment between documents weakens confidence in the final accounting. CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are not stated, so dual-market claim risk cannot be ruled out from the extracted record.

Documentation

Documentation quality is middling. Seventeen documents were used and the latest verification report is recent, but extraction confidence is only medium, indicating at least one key source was not fully readable. Several important items are missing from the available record, including verified emissions reduction totals, usage-rate evidence, and baseline reassessment timing.

Overall

I privileged the most recent verification report dated 2024-12-19 when resolving contradictions, because it is the latest and most authoritative document in the extracted set. On that basis, I treated the 24% buffer pool, the 20% leakage deduction, and the statement that no reversals were reported as the controlling values, while noting that earlier documents conflict on each of those points. Those contradictions materially reduce reliability, but the project still shows a credible additionality claim and some permanence safeguards, keeping the overall score in the moderate range.