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Lower Green Swamp Preserve

Standard
ACR
Methodology
ACR-IFM-US (ACR)
Registry
ACR-483 ↗ · Registered
Country
FLORIDA, United States
Credit type
Forest Carbon
Developer
Hillsborough County/CELMD
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CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives Lower Green Swamp Preserve (ACR-483) 7.1 out of 10 (High rating) under CarbonMeld methodology v3, documents read on 18 Oct 2026. The analysis read 12 of the 12 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 7.1 / 10
Additionality 🔒 Quantification 🔒 Permanence 🔒 Claim safety 🔒
The dimension values are in Premium — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero values.

Document-based rating

7.1/10

High rating (6.5 or more)

Evidence coverage: high

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 18 Oct 2026

Starting point

  • Additionality: the registry's CCP label on this project's credits
  • Quantification: the registry's CCP label on this project's credits
  • Permanence: the registry's CCP label on this project's credits
  • Claim safety: neutral (5.0) — no public grade of this type of project applies

Rules that raised the number: 3

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

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 18 Oct 2026

evidence: 12/12 registry documents read

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How this analysis was made

Standard
American Carbon Registry (ACR)
Methodology
Improved Forest Management Methodology for Quantifying GHG Removals and Emission Reductions through Increased Forest Carbon Sequestration on Non-Federal U.S. Forestlands version 1.3 How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 18 Oct 2026 · 12/12 registry documents read

Analysis

Lower Green Swamp Preserve (FLORIDA, US) improves forest management to increase carbon stocks (ACR IFM) (improved forest management (no harvesting in bottomland hardwood and cypress, prescribed burning in pine flatwood stands of slash pine)) under Improved Forest Management Methodology for Quantifying GHG Removals and Emission Reductions through Increased Forest Carbon Sequestration on Non-Federal U.S. Forestlands version 1.3; registry status Registered (ACR), 186,006 credits issued (vintages 2018–2023). The documents name TUV SUD America, Inc. - Ruby Canyon as validation / verification body. Project area: 5,242 acres. The latest monitoring report (January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023) reports 11,728 tCO2e achieved.

Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    In scope, not yet eligible

    The registry flags units as in scope for CORSIA; eligibility still needs host-country authorization.

    Source: registry label · read on 15 Nov 2026

    Covers: credits of this project that carry the label on the registry — not every unit or lot

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    CCP-labelled credits

    The registry marks credits of this project with the Integrity Council's Core Carbon Principles label: check that the units offered carry it.

    Source: registry label · read on 15 Nov 2026

    Covers: credits of this project that carry the label on the registry — not every unit or lot

  • Removal or reduction

    Carbon removal

    Takes CO₂ out of the atmosphere — the only type that can neutralise residual emissions in an SBTi net-zero claim.

    Source: registry label · read on 15 Nov 2026

    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 15 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
2018
34,66234,6620
2019
34,90434,9040
2020
34,90434,9040
2021
34,904034,904
2022
34,904034,904
2023
11,728011,728
Total186,006104,47081,536

Retired by

Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records.

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CarbonMeld (2026). Lower Green Swamp Preserve (ACR-483): CarbonMeld document-based rating, methodology v3, documents read on 18 Oct 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/lower-green-swamp-preserve/.

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