Silvopastoral carbon project of Uruguay

Audit Analysis

This Uruguayan silvopastoral project (96.83 ha of Eucalyptus grandis) has VVB-confirmed additionality and a 10% buffer pool, but the verification report lists 15 corrective action requests and 12 clarification requests covering serious gaps in baseline evidence, permanence demonstration, and emission reproducibility. A stark discrepancy between the PDD's lifetime estimate (58,982 tCO₂e) and the validation report's figure (858 tCO₂e) raises significant over-crediting concerns, and the low extraction confidence across 15 documents limits assurance. The project is registered and operational, but the quality of its underlying evidence base is weak.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The PDD (2023) claims a lifetime ERR of 58,982 tCO₂e while the validation report (2025) supports only 858 tCO₂e — a 98.5% reduction that suggests the original design was not well-grounded in field evidence
• ⚠The verification report lists 'Insufficient evidence supports the baseline and additionality demonstration' and 'Project emissions are not reproducible' among its material findings, despite all 15 CARs being closed
• ⚠Non-permanence risk is described as 'not addressed' in the verification report, and the NPR report was flagged as missing, leaving reversal risk inadequately quantified
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set means key figures (ERR, baseline parameters) may not be reliably captured, reducing overall assurance

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