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Re-assessment pendingVCSAgriculture Forestry and Other Land UseNicaraguaRegistry: Issuance requestedAR-ACM0003

Reforestation grouped project Norteak Nicaragua

Developer: Norteak Nicaragua S.A

VCS-2647 ↗

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#263of 296 in Soil carbon#18of 18 in Nicaragua#1533of 1612 in Verra (VCS)#97of 106 in AR-ACM0003

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 9 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 3.9 / 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

Scored2026-09-09medium confidenceLatest monitoring period ends: 2022-03-28

evidence: 14/14 registry documents analyzed · 5 red flags

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Analysis

The Norteak Nicaragua reforestation project has a confirmed additionality test and a 15% buffer pool, but is burdened by an extensive list of material findings (10 CARs, 9 CLs, 1 open FAR) including protected-area overlap, incomplete legal tenure, ERR calculation errors, and a non-conservative root-to-shoot ratio. Multiple contradictions between two verification reports issued weeks apart (December 2024) on ERR figures, lifetime estimates, and leakage treatment undermine confidence in the reported numbers. The project's claim safety is further weakened by the protected-area overlap creating a potential double-claiming risk and the unresolved tenure documentation.

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Findings

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On this page: the analysis of 9 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 5 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 14 registry documents (14 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 1 Nov 2026

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

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Mentioned in the project documents

    The documents mention CCP eligibility; no registry label confirms it.

    Source: project documents (not confirmed by the registry) · documents analysed on 9 Sep 2026

    Covers: what the project documents state — not a registry record

  • 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: methodology

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

  • 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 · read on 1 Nov 2026

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

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:2026-11-01

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2016
1,271342929
2017
3,06903,069
2018
4,90904,909
2019
6,55506,555
2020
7,23807,238
2021
6,30206,302
2022
75075
Total29,41934229,077

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2016–2022AR-ACM0003 v2.0current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

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

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Analysis ProvenanceAR-ACM0003
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