King County Rural Forest Carbon Project
Developer: King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks
#198of 302 in Soil carbon#1032of 1785 in United States#1274of 1583 in Verra (VCS)#5of 7 in VM0012
Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 2 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.
Assessment
Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.
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Evidence
Eligibility & market
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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 assessmentVM0012
The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.
Source: ICVCM assessment
Removal or reduction
Not determined
The registry data do not say whether these credits are removals or reductions.
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
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 26,317 | 26,317 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 23,117 | 23,117 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 14,258 | 14,258 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 18,971 | 4,330 | 14,641 | |
| 2022 | 29,029 | 0 | 29,029 | |
| Total | 111,692 | 68,022 | 43,670 |
Methodology versions used
The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.
2015–2018VM0012 v1.2current version
monitoring report
official page · verified on
2019–2020VM0012 v1.2current version
monitoring report + verification report
official page · verified on
2021–2022VM0012 v1.2current version
monitoring report + verification report
official page · verified on
Period not statedVM0012version not confirmed in the document text
verification report
- VM0012: Active (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · official page · verified on
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Retired by
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