Jiangxi Zhenghe Livestock Manure Treatment Project
#80of 261 in Soil carbon#580of 1084 in China#659of 1339 in Verra (VCS)#9of 20 in AM0073
Audit Analysis
A five-plant biogas project in Jiangxi, China, with VVB-confirmed additionality and quantified leakage, but significant under-delivery (27% of pro-rata expectation), a project-specific modeled baseline, and multiple documentation gaps including absent safeguards, FPIC, and grievance mechanism confirmation. Five contradictions between the PDD and verification report reduce confidence in the record, and low extraction confidence further weakens the evidentiary base.
Red Flags
- Verified emissions reductions of 146,156 tCO2e represent only 27.1% of the 539,268 tCO2e ex-ante expectation for the same monitoring period, indicating substantial under-delivery driven by low farm participation and supply-chain instability
- Five contradictions between the PDD (Dec 2022) and the verification report (Nov 2024) on benefit sharing, additionality test type, safeguards, leakage justification, and grievance mechanism undermine document consistency
- Safeguards, FPIC, grievance mechanism, and benefit sharing are all absent or unconfirmed in the verification report, despite being claimed in the PDD
- Low extraction confidence across the document set means key data points may be incomplete or misread
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 60,000 | 36,136 | 23,864 | |
| Total | 60,000 | 36,136 | 23,864 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed investment test
Avoidance project; buffer pool and reversal data not stated
Quantified at 1,238 tCO2e (~0.8% of baseline)
Project-specific, modeled; no reassessment date
FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing unconfirmed in verification report
CORSIA not eligible; CCP status not stated
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