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

Finite Carbon - Passamaquoddy Tribe IFM

Developer: Passamaquoddy Joint Tribal Council

CAR-1175 ↗

#380of 534 in REDD+#1488of 1794 in United States#910of 1012 in Climate Action Reserve (CAR)#192of 250 in ARB-US-FOREST

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 19 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 3.1 / 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%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Analysis

This Passamaquoddy Tribe Improved Forest Management project under CAR presents serious integrity concerns: a reported intentional carbon stock reversal, a buffer pool reduced to 0% (contradicting an earlier 15.84% figure), a project-specific baseline, and 34 outstanding corrective actions spanning calculation errors, missing QA/QC evidence, and absent professional documentation. While additionality was confirmed by the VVB and a 20% leakage deduction was applied, the combination of permanence risk, safeguard gaps (no FPIC, no grievance mechanism), and documentation deficiencies significantly undermines confidence in the project's credit claims.

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

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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
3,824,25700
2016
123,54300
2017
128,22400
2018
134,44300
2019
161,80200
2020
140,77300
2022
73,63600
2023
156,57200
2024
105,87300
2025
105,6030105,603
Total4,954,7260105,603

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceCompliance Offset Protocol for U.S. Forest Projects (November 14, 2014)

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