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ScoredVCSAgriculture Forestry and Other Land UseBrazilRegistry: RegisteredVM0015

Rio Madeira Grouped REDD+ Project

Developer: Future Carbon International LLC

VCS-2878 ↗

#4of 303 in Soil carbon#2of 498 in Brazil#10of 1612 in Verra (VCS)#1of 28 in VM0015

Assessment

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01020304 Overall 8.1 / 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

Rio Madeira Grouped REDD+ Project (Brazil) avoids deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) (Avoided Deforestation without Logging or B, “Avoided Deforestation with Logging in the Project Case” on 100% tropical rainforest) under VM0015: Methodology for Avoided Unplanned Deforestation, version 1.1; registry status Registered (VCS), 2,477,313 credits issued (vintages 2019–2024). The documents name Verifit SAS as validation / verification body. The verification report for the period (01-January-2022 – 31-December-2022) verifies 495,805 tCO2e. The monitoring report for the same period reports 561,430 tCO2e.

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Findings

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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: methodology

  • 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:2026-10-11

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2019
38,02838,0280
2020
598,482598,4820
2021
620,099620,0990
2022
495,805446,99348,812
2023
143,218101,67341,545
2024
581,68142,000539,681
Total2,477,3131,847,275630,038

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2022VM0015 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2023VM0015 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2024VM0015 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

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

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Analysis ProvenanceVM0015: Methodology for Avoided Unplanned Deforestation, version 1.1

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