Savimbo Biodiversity Putumayo

Audit Analysis

Savimbo Biodiversity Putumayo is a Colombian biodiversity conservation project under the CerCarbono standard with VVB-verified additionality and a 5% buffer pool, but it carries moderate risk from a project-specific baseline, material findings about overlapping crediting properties (since corrected), and a notable gap in verified emission reduction figures. The project's safeguards framework (FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing) is well documented, and corrective actions were taken for all identified issues.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Three material findings in the verification report, including overlapping properties in the crediting area that required removal of eight properties and credit recalculation
• ⚠No verified ERR figure found in any available document, making it impossible to confirm whether claimed reductions (36,952) were actually delivered
• ⚠Contradiction between the validation report (leakage not addressed) and the monitoring report (leakage deemed negligible) raises questions about the robustness of the leakage assessment
• ⚠Project-specific baseline with no stated reassessment date, limiting confidence in baseline validity over the 10-year crediting period

Credit Vintages