Pacajai REDD+ Project

Audit Analysis

The Pacajai REDD+ project (VCS-981) is currently On Hold in the VCS registry, with six outstanding corrective actions and eleven cross-document contradictions undermining data reliability. While a buffer pool of 11.75% is in place and no reversal events were reported for the 2012–2017 monitoring period, the additionality test type and VVB verification status are directly contradicted across documents, and the project-specific baseline lacks a documented reassessment. The 0% leakage deduction is supported by a 'quantified' justification in the 2020 verification report but is contradicted by the 2021 monitoring report, which states leakage was not addressed.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Registry status is 'On Hold' per the VCS notification letter, indicating unresolved compliance issues
• ⚠Six corrective actions remain open, including missing land ownership records, absent land-use change analysis, and no declaration of non-participation in other GHG mechanisms
• ⚠Additionality test type is contradictory: the 2013 validation report records an investment test, while the 2020 PDD records a barrier test; the 2023 validation report states additionality was NOT verified by the VVB, directly contradicting the 2020 verification report
• ⚠Eleven cross-document contradictions span ERR figures, safeguards, FPIC, grievance mechanism, buffer pool percentage, and leakage treatment, severely undermining data reliability
• ⚠Leakage deduction is 0% with a 'quantified' justification in the 2020 verification report, yet the 2021 monitoring report states leakage was 'not addressed'

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