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Kikonda Forest Reserve

Developer: Nile Fibreboard Ltd

Methodology: GS-AR (GS)

GS-1798 ↗ · current registry ID: GS2990

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#111of 185 in Uganda#1280of 2179 in Gold Standard (GS)#10of 13 in GS-AR

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 5 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 5.1 / 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

Scored2026-09-05medium confidenceLatest monitoring period ends: 2021-12-14

evidence: 22/24 registry documents analyzed · 5 red flags

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Standard
Gold Standard (GS) How our current method reads projects of this standard
Methodology
Gold Standard Afforestation/Reforestation (A/R) GHG Emissions Reduction & Sequestration Methodology How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v2.1 · analysed on 5 Sep 2026 · 22/24 registry documents analyzed · re-assessment under v2.2 pending

Analysis

The Kikonda Forest Reserve reforestation project has a long operational history (since 2002) and a VVB-verified investment additionality test, supported by a 20% buffer pool. However, the 2024 verification report lists over twenty material findings—including survival rates below the assumed 90%, data inconsistencies, ongoing cattle encroachment, and unresolved community conflicts—along with reversal events that were not addressed, which significantly erode confidence in the integrity and permanence of the claimed reductions.

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Findings

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Evidence

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On this page: the analysis of 5 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 5 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 24 registry documents (22 analyzed).

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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 · read on 4 Oct 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

  • 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 · read on 4 Oct 2026

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    Not published

    This registry does not publish Article 6 authorizations.

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

IssuedRetiredAvailablePlanned (PER)
2008
3,9463,9460—
2009
3,6813,6810—
2010
2,6642,6640—
2011
19,43316,6282,805—
2012
72,00871,92682—
2013
40,96340,9630—
2014
69,04867,0482,000—
2015
133,628132,719909—
2016
135,062114,57220,490—
2017
20,50220,45646116,953
2018
000165,090
2019
000219,215
2020
000196,565
2021
000149,828
2022
0005,534
Total500,935474,60326,332853,185

Planned (PER): Gold Standard planned emission reductions, issued ex-ante and not yet verified. They are not counted as issued or available credits.

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