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Re-assessment pendingCDMReforestationKenyaRegistry: RegisteredAR-ACM0003

Restoration of Degraded Lands through Reforestation in Aberdare Forest Complex & National Park area, Kenya

Developer: The National Treasury and Economic Planning

Methodology: AR-ACM0003 (CDM)

CDM-9789 ↗

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#88of 162 in ARR (afforestation)#122of 192 in Kenya#3456of 5269 in CDM (UNFCCC)#63of 106 in AR-ACM0003

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 23 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 5.0 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
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Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-23medium confidenceLatest monitoring period ends: 2020-12-31

evidence: 6/6 registry documents analyzed · 4 red flags

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How this analysis was made

Standard
CDM (UNFCCC) How our current method reads projects of this standard
Methodology
AR-ACM0003 How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v2.1 · analysed on 23 Sep 2026 · 6/6 registry documents analyzed · re-assessment under v2.2 pending

Analysis

A CDM reforestation project in Kenya's Aberdare Forest with VVB-confirmed additionality and a decade-plus of monitoring, but the validation report flagged eight corrective action requests covering incorrect ER calculation methodology, wrong biometric parameters, and incomplete site description. The project delivered roughly 103% of the pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the elapsed monitoring period, which is within a reasonable band, yet the initial quality issues and the absence of a documented buffer pool percentage for this AFOLU project leave meaningful uncertainty about the robustness of the credit claims.

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Findings

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On this page: the analysis of 23 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 4 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 6 registry documents (6 analyzed).

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Eligibility & market

Under decision 4/CMP.20 of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (FCCC/KP/CMP/2025/7/Add.1, paragraph 5), the submission of requests for issuance of new CERs was discontinued as of 30 June 2026; requests to transfer CERs to the Article 6.4 mechanism registry, cancellations and any other transactions in the CDM registry are discontinued as of 31 December 2026. The UNEP-CCC Article 6 Pipeline (checked 2 Nov 2026) lists the transition of this activity to the Article 6.4 mechanism as approved. This page keeps the project's record and our analysis.

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Credit Vintages

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Methodology versions used

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  1. 2011–2020AR-ACM0003 v1.0since replaced by v2.0

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  • AR-ACM0003: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

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