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ScoredVCSAgriculture Forestry and Other Land UseKenyaRegistry: RegisteredAR-AMS0001

TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 006

Developer: Clean Air Action Corporation

VCS-899 ↗

#46of 303 in Soil carbon#15of 191 in Kenya#346of 1612 in Verra (VCS)#1of 16 in AR-AMS0001

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 6.3 / 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

TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 006 (Kenya) plants or regenerates trees (afforestation, reforestation, revegetation) (reforestation on degraded agricultural lands using indigenous and naturalized species) under AR-AMS0001 Version 06; registry status Registered (VCS), 986,385 credits issued (vintages 2004–2014). The documents name Environmental Services, Inc.- Forestry, Carbon, and GHG Services Division as validation body and AENOR (2014-01-01 – 2021-01-05) as verification body. The latest verification report (01-January-2014 – 05-January-2021) verifies 753,110 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

    Carbon removal

    Takes CO₂ out of the atmosphere — the only type that can neutralise residual emissions in an SBTi net-zero claim.

    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
2004
169,784169,7840
2012
138,802138,8020
2014
677,799675,5342,265
Total986,385984,1202,265

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2004–2012AR-AMS0001 v6.0last published version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2012–2013AR-AMS0001 v6.0last published version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2014–2021AR-AMS0001 v6.0last published version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  • AR-AMS0001: Withdrawn (CDM / UNFCCC) · replaced byAR-AMS0007 · official page · verified on

A version is shown only when the document's own text writes it next to the methodology code. Current versions, status and CCP ranges come from the official pages linked, checked on the date shown.

Documents on the registry

Retired by

Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records. (+49)

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceAR-AMS0001 Version 06

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