Madre De Dios Amazon REDD+ Project

Integrity

The project uses the VM0007 methodology and additionality was confirmed by the VVB in the validation report (2021-08-19), and a 10% buffer pool is present. However, the monitoring report (2021-08-17) lists many corrective actions including mismatched GIS areas and empty tables, and the baseline reassessment date is not stated. The implausible leakage deduction of 307% and contradictions in claimed emission reductions undermine confidence in baseline and leakage calculations.

Transparency

Verification was conducted by SCS Global Services and a recent monitoring period (2020) is reported, and the registry is VCS. Evidence includes a monitoring report, validation report, PDD and issuance records across 92 documents with high extraction confidence. Nevertheless, several important inputs (grid emission factor, CORSIA/CCP status, usage monitoring method) are not stated in the extracted record, reducing transparency.

Claim Safety

There is elevated risk of over‑crediting: the validation records show contradictory total emission reduction figures (510,569 reported in 2016 vs 984,636 in 2021), and the monitoring extract shows a leakage deduction of 307%, which is implausible and indicates calculation or reporting errors. CORSIA/CCP eligibility is not stated, so double‑claim risk cannot be ruled out.

Documentation

Documentation breadth is strong (92 documents, evidence from PDD, monitoring and validation reports) and extraction confidence is high. However, the monitoring report (2021-08-17) required multiple corrective actions (CAR 01/14–CAR 09/14) for missing/incorrect entries and GIS inconsistencies, lowering the documentation quality score.

Overall

I privileged the most recent verification/monitoring documents when contradictions arose: the validation report (2021-08-19) and monitoring report (2021-08-17) were treated as authoritative over older records (2013–2016) because they are later and more specific. Specifically, I used the 2021 total emission reductions (984,636) rather than the 2016 figure, and I treated recent statements that safeguards, grievance mechanisms, benefit sharing and FPIC were conducted as privileged because they appear in the 2021 monitoring report. The presence of many corrective actions and the implausible leakage figure reduced scores across integrity, claim safety and documentation. Overall score reflects moderate documentation and transparency but notable integrity and claim safety concerns.