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Re-assessment pendingCARImproved Forest Management - ARB ComplianceUSRegistry: RegisteredARB-US-FOREST

Usal Redwood Forest - IFM

Developer: Usal Redwood Forest Company, LLC

CAR-1139 ↗

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#215of 534 in REDD+#591of 1794 in United States#371of 1012 in Climate Action Reserve (CAR)#75of 250 in ARB-US-FOREST

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 20 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 5.3 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
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%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-20medium confidence

evidence:40/41registry documents analyzed · 4red flags

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Analysis

The Usal Redwood Forest IFM project is a CAR/ARB compliance forest management project with VVB-verified additionality and a substantial 19.24% buffer pool, but is undermined by material findings including CALFIRE violations for harvesting in retention areas, a confirmed over-issuance of 998 ROCs, and a significant discrepancy between two verification reports on verified emissions reductions (131,309 vs 210,093 tCO2e). The project-specific modeled baseline and absence of a stated leakage percentage further weaken the integrity and claim-safety profile.

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Findings

Risk Indicators

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Evidence

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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: registry label

  • 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:2026-10-04

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2015
307,56000
2016
311,59400
2017
292,16500
2018
251,05600
2019
266,97900
2020
313,15600
2021
283,00700
2022
256,01500
2023
130,79400
2024
210,09300
2025
131,3090131,309
Total2,753,7280131,309

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Analysis ProvenanceARB Compliance Offset Protocol for U.S. Forest Projects
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