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ScoredVCSavoidanceCambodiaVintage 2021Registry: Registered

Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary

Developer: Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

VCS-1650 ↗

#118of 539 in REDD+#9of 26 in Cambodia#238of 1608 in Verra (VCS)

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 7.0 / 10 Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Analysis

Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary (Cambodia) avoids deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) (avoided deforestation) under its methodology; registry status Registered (VCS), 18,874,424 credits issued (vintages 2013–2021). The documents name SCS Global Services (SCS) as validation body and Environmental Services Inc (2016-01-01 – 2017-12-31), Aster Global Environmental Solutions, Inc (2018-01-01 – 2019-12-31, 2020-01-01 – 2021-12-31) as verification bodies. The latest verification report (01 January 2020 – 31 December 2021) verifies 4,784,566 tCO2e.

Red Flags

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Findings

Risk Indicators

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Evidence

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

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

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No ICVCM information

    No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: project sector

  • 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

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.

Registry labels last checked:2026-10-25

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2013
3,854,5723,853,2721,300
2014
3,079,4963,079,4951
2015
2,168,0432,018,859149,184
2016
2,267,566553,1261,714,440
2017
1,804,0311,636,206167,825
2018
439,129425,50413,625
2019
955,477942,22913,248
2020
1,868,9731,866,0332,940
2021
2,437,1371,036,7541,400,383
Total18,874,42415,411,4783,462,946

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2010–2015VM0015 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2016–2017VM0015 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2018–2019VM0015 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  4. 2020–2021VM0015 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  5. Period not statedVM0015 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  • VM0015: Active (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · official page · verified on

A version is shown only when the document's own text writes it next to the methodology code. Current versions, status and CCP ranges come from the official pages linked, checked on the date shown.

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