Restoring Forests For Carbon Sequestration In Lucas County Oh

Audit Analysis

A CFC urban forest project in Lucas County, Ohio with a verified combined additionality test, no reversal events, and a 5% buffer pool. The project is delivering approximately 102% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the elapsed monitoring period, but leakage treatment is entirely absent from the record and a baseline-method contradiction between the PDD and verification report introduces uncertainty. Documentation is recent and of high extraction confidence, though the VVB is an individual rather than an accredited body.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage deduction is not stated in any available document and no justification for zero leakage is provided, despite urban reforestation projects where displaced planting or land-use change could shift emissions.
• ⚠Baseline method is described as 'jurisdictional' in the verification report (Sep 2025) but as 'project' in the PDD (Jul 2025) — a material discrepancy that affects the robustness of the baseline claim.
• ⚠The VVB is listed as an individual (Matthew Lee) rather than an accredited verification body, which is atypical for a carbon credit standard and raises questions about institutional oversight.

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