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Re-assessment pendingCARImproved Forest ManagementUSRegistry: RegisteredCAR-US-FOREST

Katahdin Iron Works Ecological Reserve

Developer: AMC Maine Woods Initiative LLC

CAR-646 ↗

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#240of 532 in REDD+#650of 1789 in United States#418of 1012 in Climate Action Reserve (CAR)#29of 39 in CAR-US-FOREST

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 19 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 5.2 / 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%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-19medium confidence

evidence: 35/35 registry documents analyzed · 3 red flags

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Analysis

The Katahdin Iron Works Ecological Reserve is a long-running (since 2007) improved forest management project in Maine with a verified combined additionality test, an 18.4% buffer pool, and a quantified 20% leakage deduction. However, a significant internal contradiction in the 2023 verification report shows two different ERR figures (7,631 vs 20,392) for the same monitoring period, undermining confidence in the credit quantity. Safeguards documentation is notably absent in the most recent verification, and the project-specific baseline has no recorded reassessment date.

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Findings

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Evidence

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On this page: the analysis of 19 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 3 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 35 registry documents (35 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)

    Methodology under ICVCM assessmentCAR U.S. Forest Protocol

    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: project sector

  • 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:2026-10-11

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2007
5,7614,7001,061
2008
28,72123,4365,285
2009
28,55123,2975,254
2010
16,22013,2352,985
2011
31,61225,7955,817
2012
12,75510,4072,348
2013
2,7872,274513
2014
8,3406,8051,535
2015
8,0826,5941,488
2016
8,0206,5441,476
2017
7,2035,8781,325
2018
8,4826,9211,561
2019
8,3395,7812,558
2020
9,73709,737
2021
17,032017,032
Total201,642141,66759,975

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