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ScoredVCSAgriculture Forestry and Other Land UseCanadaRegistry: RegisteredVM0012

Darkwoods Forest Carbon Project

Developer: Nature Conservancy of Canada

VCS-607 ↗

#26of 306 in Soil carbon#8of 70 in Canada#180of 1608 in Verra (VCS)#2of 8 in VM0012

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 7.1 / 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%.

Analysis

Darkwoods Forest Carbon Project (Canada) improves forest management to increase carbon stocks (VCS IFM) (Improved forest management (IFM) on existing production forest land) under VM0012 V1.0; registry status Registered (VCS), 3,807,105 credits issued (vintages 2008–2021). The documents name Aster Global Environmental Solutions, Inc as validation / verification body. The latest monitoring report (2022-01-01 – 2023-12-31) reports 525,463 tCO2e achieved.

Red Flags

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Findings

Risk Indicators

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Evidence

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Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 1 red flag, score factors, detailed analysis, and 44 registry documents (42 read).

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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)

    Methodology under ICVCM assessmentVM0012

    The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • 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

Recent label changes on the registry

  • 2026-10-11added: GHG Emissions Reductions
  • 2026-10-11added: Carbon Dioxide Removals

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:2026-10-18

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2008
244,007244,0070
2009
256,207256,2070
2010
348,802343,8020
2011
345,246345,2460
2012
338,237338,2370
2013
286,793286,7930
2014
317,035317,0350
2015
284,577284,5770
2016
376,211376,061150
2017
181,419181,4118
2018
160,024158,6831,341
2019
217,816217,8160
2020
277,899134,672143,227
2021
172,83224,879147,953
Total3,807,1053,509,426292,679

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceVM0012 V1.0

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