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ScoredVCSForestryChinaVintage 2013Registry: SuspendedVM0010

Inner Mongolia Keyihe IFM (Conversion Of Logged To Protected Forest) Project

Developer: Inner Mongolia Keyihe Forest Industry LLC

VCS-1718 ↗

Worked comparison example (English)

#282of 539 in REDD+#1303of 3065 in China#969of 1608 in Verra (VCS)#8of 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 5.4 / 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%.

Scored2026-10-12medium confidenceLatest verified period ends: 2020-06-30

evidence: 21/25 registry documents read · 1 red flags

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Analysis

Inner Mongolia Keyihe IFM (Conversion Of Logged To Protected Forest) Project (China) improves forest management to increase carbon stocks (VCS IFM) (Improved Forest Management (IFM) of Birch and Larch) under VM0010 version 1.3: Methodology for Improved Forest Management: Conversion of Logged to Protected Forest; registry status Suspended (VCS), 999,160 credits issued (vintages 2013–2020). The documents name China Environmental United Certification Center Co., Ltd as validation body and China Environmental United Certification Center Co., Ltd (2013-01-01 – 2017-06-30), CHINA QUALITY CERTIFICATION CENTER (2017-07-01 – 2020-06-30) as verification bodies. The documents estimate 112,526 tCO2e per year. The latest verification report (01/07/2017 – 30/06/2020) verifies 492,793 tCO2e. The monitoring report for the same period reports 631,789 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
2013
112,86368,68744,176
2014
110,88779,06131,826
2015
108,04777,03931,008
2016
119,862103,39616,466
2017
113,24390,43822,805
2018
160,74984,83675,913
2019
182,940182,9400
2020
90,56989,930639
Total999,160776,327222,833

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2013–2017VM0010 v1.3since replaced by v1.4

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2017–2020VM0010 v1.3since replaced by v1.4

    monitoring report + 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.

Documents on the registry

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Vintage 2013

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceVM0010 version 1.3: Methodology for Improved Forest Management: Conversion of Logged to Protected Forest
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