Yellow Ipê Grouped REDD Project

Integrity

The issuance record for 2024-04-04 shows additionality confirmed by RINA Services S.p.A. and a combined additionality test under VM0015, which is a positive sign. At the same time, a loss event was submitted to Verra on 23 August 2023, so permanence is not cleanly risk-free, and the buffer pool percentage is not stated in the available documents. The record also says no material findings and no corrective actions were required, which helps, but the reversal history keeps the score moderate.

Transparency

The monitoring period is clearly stated as 2021-01-01 to 2023-04-19, and the issuance record reports 20,436 verified emission reductions and removals. However, several transparency inputs are missing from the extracted record, including the leakage deduction percentage, usage monitoring method, FNRB method, and CORSIA eligibility. Because the extraction confidence is low, the documentation trail is less robust than it would otherwise appear.

Claim Safety

Claim safety is supported by the VVB-verified additionality and the fact that leakage is described as quantified rather than ignored. But the project has a reported reversal event, and the record does not state CORSIA eligibility or CCP status, so dual-market and over-crediting risk cannot be ruled out from the extracted facts alone. The contradiction about leakage treatment also reduces confidence in the strength of the claim.

Documentation

The record indicates 19 documents were used, and the issuance record reports no material findings and no corrective actions required. Even so, the minimum extraction confidence is low, and the evidence document list is not specific, which suggests at least one key source was difficult to read. The crediting period runs to 2050, but the monitoring period ends in 2023, so the documentation is not especially current relative to the full crediting horizon.

Overall

Overall, this is a mid-quality project with some strong elements, especially VVB-confirmed additionality and a quantified leakage treatment, but it is held back by a reported reversal event and several missing transparency fields. I privileged the 2024 issuance record over older documents where the facts conflict, because it is the most recent and operationally relevant source; that means I treated reversals as reported, leakage as quantified, and additionality as combined. The contradictions in the extracted record materially reduce reliability, so the score is kept below what the positive issuance facts alone might suggest.