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Lacandon – Forest for life REDD+ Project

Standard
VCS
Methodology
VM0015 (VCS)
Registry
VCS-1541 ↗ · Verification overdue
Country
Guatemala
Credit type
Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use
Developer
Fundación Defensores de la Naturaleza
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CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives Lacandon – Forest for life REDD+ Project (VCS-1541) 2.5 out of 10 (Very low rating) under CarbonMeld methodology v3, documents read on 12 Oct 2026. The analysis read 13 of the 16 registry documents. It is CarbonMeld's own assessment, not a rating given by the registry or the standard.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based rating

01020304 Document-based rating 2.5 / 10
Additionality 🔒 Quantification 🔒 Permanence 🔒 Claim safety 🔒
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Document-based rating

2.5/10

Very low rating (under 3.5)

Evidence coverage: medium

How solid the credit is, as far as the registry's public documents show. Additionality and quantification start from a public grade; permanence starts at 5.0, the neutral point, where none applies, and claim safety always does.

Methodology v3 · documents read on 12 Oct 2026

Starting point

  • Additionality: CCQI's score for this type of project
  • Quantification: CCQI's score for this type of project
  • Permanence: CCQI's score for this type of project (CCQI grades permanence by programme: this is its grade of the project's programme)
  • Claim safety: neutral (5.0) — no public grade of this type of project applies

Rules that lowered the number: 2

Each rule, with the fact and the source it rests on, is in the Premium analysis.

Credits issued under this methodology cannot receive the CCP label (ICVCM, 15 Nov 2024).

Not counted in the number

  • The baseline type: not among the facts read
  • The oldest vintage still on sale, the content of the safeguards and the verifier's quality: not among the facts read

Analysed on 12 Oct 2026Latest verified period ends:

evidence: 13/16 registry documents read

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How this analysis was made

Standard
Verra (VCS) How our current method reads projects of this standard
Methodology
VM0015 How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 12 Oct 2026 · 13/16 registry documents read

Analysis

Lacandon – Forest for life REDD+ Project (Guatemala) avoids deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) (forest enrichment, reforestation, forest conservation) under VM0015; registry status Verification overdue (VCS), 1,570,520 credits issued (vintages 2012–2018). The documents name S&A Carbon LLC as validation / verification body. A verification is recorded (registry or documents).

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 · read on 12 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No CCP label under this methodology

    Credits issued under this methodology cannot receive the CCP label (ICVCM, 15 Nov 2024).

    Source: ICVCM assessment · read date not recorded

    Covers: the methodology (every project using it), not this project's credits

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: methodology

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • 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 · read on 12 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

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.

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2012
99,56499,268296
2013
153,26053,260100,000
2014
163,58720,126143,175
2015
273,1761,360271,816
2016
284,8141,599283,215
2017
222,6630222,663
2018
373,4560373,456
Total1,570,520175,6131,394,621

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2014–2018VM0015 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  • VM0015: 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

Retired by

Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records. (+3)

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CarbonMeld (2026). Lacandon – Forest for life REDD+ Project (VCS-1541): CarbonMeld document-based rating, methodology v3, documents read on 12 Oct 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/lacandon-forest-for-life-redd-project/.

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