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ScoredCARImproved Forest ManagementVIRGINIA, USRegistry: Moved to another programGeneral Methodologyv2.1

Virginia Conservation Forestry Program - Rich Mountain

Developer: The Nature Conservancy

CAR-696 ↗

#135of 518 in REDD+#322of 1689 in United States#155of 948 in Climate Action Reserve (CAR)

Moved to another program

The project has moved to another GHG program; any new credits are issued there, not on this registry.

Climate Action Reserve: “Transitioned”

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 5.8 / 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%.

Scored2026-09-20medium confidenceLatest verified monitoring: 2012-12-31

evidence:21/21registry documents analyzed · 3red flags

Generated by CarbonMeld Analysis Pipeline · Methodology · Editorial Policy · About the System
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Analysis

The Rich Mountain forest conservation project under CAR's Forest Project Protocol v3.2 demonstrates solid structural safeguards including a 20.1% buffer pool, a 20% quantified leakage deduction, and VVB-confirmed additionality. However, the project-specific modeled baseline, calculation errors in the PDD (Component Ratio Method), and an unresolved discrepancy between two ERR figures within the same verification report introduce meaningful data-reliability concerns that temper confidence in the credit volume.

Red Flags

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Findings

Risk Indicators

Additionality

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Permanence

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Leakage

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Baseline

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Safeguards

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Double-claim

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Evidence

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)

    Methodology under ICVCM assessmentCAR U.S. Forest Protocol

    The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: project sector

  • 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:2026-09-27

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2002
7,2934,5692,724
2003
14,05411,2122,842
2004
14,23812,6051,633
2005
13,77100
2006
28,99600
2007
13,82800
2008
12,78100
2009
18,25000
2010
34,33018,3274,646
2011
9,460150
2012
9,7487,7881,960
2013
10,0848,0572,027
2014
10,4148,3202,094
Total197,24770,89317,926

Retired by

Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records.

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1
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