Regenerating Colombian Coffee Ecosystems

Audit Analysis

A VCS ALM soil-carbon project in Colombian coffee agroforestry with a VVB-confirmed barrier additionality test, a standard 10% buffer pool, and no reported reversal events. The project delivered roughly 85% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the elapsed monitoring period, indicating no over-crediting. Moderate concerns arise from the project-specific baseline, a 0% leakage deduction with a minor documentation contradiction, and a moderate number of closed corrective actions.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Contradiction between the verification report (no reversal events) and the issuance record (reversal events 'reported') — the verification report is privileged as the primary technical source, but the discrepancy warrants scrutiny.
• ⚠Leakage justification is inconsistent: the verification report states 'deemed negligible' while the issuance record states 'quantified,' creating ambiguity about whether a quantitative leakage assessment was actually performed.
• ⚠Twelve corrective action requests (CARs) were raised across the project lifecycle, indicating recurring documentation or monitoring gaps that required VVB intervention.

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