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ScoredVCSForestryChinaRegistry: SuspendedVM0010

Fujian Yong’An Improved Forest Management Project

Developer: Yong’an Forestry Bureau of Fujian province

VCS-1577 ↗

Worked comparison example (English)

#251of 539 in REDD+#880of 3065 in China#855of 1608 in Verra (VCS)#4of 10 in VM0010

Red flagSuspended

The registry has put the project on hold, usually pending a review or a notice to the developer. No credits are issued while the hold lasts.

Only the vintages issued before the change (below) exist on the registry. Verify any resale claim against those vintages.

Verra: “On Hold - see notification letter”

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 5.7 / 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%.

Scored2026-10-16medium confidenceLatest verified period ends: 2021-06-30

evidence: 14/18 registry documents read · 1 red flags

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Analysis

Fujian Yong’An Improved Forest Management Project (China) improves forest management to increase carbon stocks (VCS IFM) (Improved Forest Management on commercial forest (Chinese Fir, Masson pine and Broad-leaf trees)) under VM0010 version 1.2: Methodology for Improved Forest Management: Conversion of Logged to Protected Forest; registry status Suspended (VCS), 550,604 credits issued (vintages 2011–2021). The documents name China Quality Certification Center as validation / verification body. Project area: 7,186 ha. The documents estimate 52,561 tCO2e per year. The latest verification report (01/07/2016 – 30/06/2021) verifies 287,276 tCO2e. The monitoring report for the same period reports 350,337 tCO2e. The registry opened a review of the project (its review notification letter of 2025-12-12); further credit issuance is suspended while the review is ongoing.

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Findings

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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)

    Methodology under ICVCM assessmentVM0010

    The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • 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
2011
26,18026,1800
2012
52,22252,2220
2013
52,51952,5190
2014
52,81410,00042,814
2015
53,11110,00043,111
2016
55,04121,94033,101
2017
56,971056,971
2018
57,294057,294
2019
57,618057,618
2020
57,94155,4672,474
2021
28,893028,893
Total550,604228,328322,276

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2011–2016VM0010 v1.2since replaced by v1.4

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2016–2021VM0010 v1.2since replaced by v1.4

    monitoring report + verification report + issuance document

    official page · verified on

  3. Period not statedVM0010 v1.2since replaced by v1.4

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  • VM0010: 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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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceVM0010 version 1.2: Methodology for Improved Forest Management: Conversion of Logged to Protected Forest
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