Participatory Mangrove Afforestation & Restoration in the west coast of India

Audit Analysis

This mangrove restoration project on India's west coast has a verified additionality assessment and a 10% buffer pool, but the validation process surfaced 16 corrective action requests covering area discrepancies, hydrological impacts, land tenure, and safeguards. No monitoring data or verified emission reductions are available, and a 56% discrepancy between the PDD and validation report ERR figures, combined with a contradictory leakage justification within the same document, raises meaningful over-crediting concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠56% discrepancy in total ERR between the PDD (281,934 tCO2e, 2022) and the validation report (180,061 tCO2e, 2024), linked to KML/area corrections
• ⚠Leakage justification is internally contradictory within the same validation report: one section states 'deemed negligible' while another indicates the issue was 'not addressed'
• ⚠16 Corrective Action Requests raised during validation, including unresolved concerns about hydrological connectivity, baseline legal compliance, and land tenure for the full 20-year crediting period
• ⚠No monitoring reports or verified emission reductions available; all verified ERR data is absent from the extracted record
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.