Productive Second Floor with Macaúba
#35of 261 in Soil carbon#35of 211 in Brazil#359of 1339 in Verra (VCS)
Audit Analysis
A 40-year VCS ALM soil-carbon project in Brazil using Macaúba on degraded pasture, validated by Carbon Check with a 21% buffer pool and VVB-confirmed additionality. The project shows solid structural safeguards but carries moderate risk from a project-specific baseline, a 0% leakage deduction with contradictory justification across validation documents, and the absence of any monitoring-period data to verify delivery against the 143,019 tCO₂e claim.
Red Flags
- Leakage justification is contradictory: the 2025-06-25 validation report records it as 'not addressed' while the 2025-05-02 validation report records it as 'deemed negligible', yet the 0% deduction is retained in both
- No monitoring period or monitoring report data is available in the extracted record, so the 143,019 tCO₂e figure cannot be cross-checked against a pro-rata expectation for an elapsed period
- Minimum extraction confidence is rated low, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable, which undermines confidence in the completeness of the evidence base
Credit Vintages
No issuances recorded on the registry.
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test
21% buffer, no reversals, 40-yr period
0% deduction, contradictory justification
Project-specific, no reassessment date
FPIC, grievance mechanism, safeguards documented
CORSIA and CCP status both unstated
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