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Re-assessment pendingCARConservation-Based Forest ManagementUSRegistry: Moved to another programGeneral Methodologyv2.1

The van Eck Forest

Developer: Fred M Van Eck Forest Foundation for Purdue University

CAR-101 ↗

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#1103of 1794 in United States#733of 1012 in Climate Action Reserve (CAR)

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

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 4.5 / 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

Scored2026-09-20low confidenceLatest monitoring period ends: 2014-12-31

evidence:53/53registry documents analyzed · 4red flags

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Analysis

The van Eck Forest is a long-running CAR conservation-based forest management project with VVB-confirmed additionality, but the verification record reveals a substantial volume of material findings (20 items) and corrective actions (20 items) spanning calculation errors, baseline modifications, and methodology gaps. The 2015 verification report supersedes earlier figures, yet the sheer number of corrections—including a below-ground biomass formula error, a spotted owl-driven baseline change, and a 10% sampling-error deduction—undermines confidence in the robustness of the original credit claims. Low extraction confidence across 53 documents further limits the reliability of the available evidence.

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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

    Not determined

    The registry data do not say whether these credits are removals or reductions.

  • 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
2005
29,2511,019500
2006
57,3417,4860
2007
116,3641,2120
2008
73,5466,7520
2009
71,4181700
2010
43,44500
2011
43,79000
2012
35,26000
2013
23,31700
2014
26,50200
Total520,23416,639500

Retired by

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

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1
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