Integrity Rating · VCS1468
Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project
Forestry & Land Use · Sustainable Grassland Management · Kenya
CORSIA-approved programmeBB
57/100
Below investment grade
confidence: high
Dimension breakdown · CCP-aligned
Additionality61 · w22
Over-crediting risk53 · w22
Permanence43 · w20
MRV & methodology rigor60 · w16
Double-counting & registry70 · w12
Co-benefits & safeguards66 · w8
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- Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project: Project Implementation Report – VCS Version 3; CCB Standards Third Edition v3.0 (December 10, 2012 – July 31, 2016)Download →pdd · hosted copy · 4,316 KB
- Blood Carbon: How a Carbon Offset Scheme Makes Millions from Indigenous Land in Northern Kenya (Survival International / Simon Counsell, March 2023) – Full Report PDFDownload →other · hosted copy · 20,600 KB
- Verra Program Notice: Update – Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project (Section 6 Review, July 2023)Download →other · hosted copy · 179 KB
- Verra Public Comment Page – Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project (Registry listing)Download →other · hosted copy · 122 KB
- Verra-Registry-Communications-Agreement-single-PP-4753632-v1-SYDDMS.pdfOpen →other · source link
- NKSCP_blurb_DRAFT_12June2014.docxOpen →other · source link
- NKCP Non-Permanence Risk Report v4.1 2019-07-02.pdfOpen →other · source link
- NKCP Non-Permanence Risk Report v4.2 2020-05-07.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS-Non-Permanence-Risk-Report-v4.0_NKCP_2017-2020_v1.1_tracked.docx (1).pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS-Non-Permanence-Risk-Report-v4.0_NKCP_2017-2020_v1.2.pdfOpen →other · source link
- 1468_BRR_NotEligible_26Jan2024.pdfOpen →other · source link
- 1468, New Review Notification Letter, 13MAY2025_Updated.pdfOpen →other · source link
- 1468_QCRR_18JUN2026.pdfOpen →other · source link
- 1468, Review Completion Letter_18JUN2026.pdfOpen →other · source link
- 1468_Section 6 QC Review_20231122_Closed.pdfOpen →other · source link
- CCB_PROJ_DESC_ENG_1468_15AUG2016.pdfOpen →other · source link
- CCB_PROJ_DESC_ENG_DRAFT_1468_15AUG2016.pdfOpen →other · source link
- CCB_PROJ_DESC_ENG_DRAFT_1468_31JUL2015.pdfOpen →other · source link
- CCB_PROJ_DESC_SUM_SWA_1468_31AUG2017.pdfOpen →other · source link
- CCB_PROJ_DESC_SUM_SWA_DRAFT_1468_15AUG2016.pdfOpen →other · source link
- CCB_PROJ_DESC_SUM_SWA_DRAFT_1468_31JUL2015.pdfOpen →other · source link
- NKCP VCS CCB Project Description v2.1.3.pdfOpen →other · source link
- PROOF_OF_CONCEPT_1468_21July2015.pdfOpen →other · source link
- Section6_Notification Letter_1468 (1).pdfOpen →other · source link
- V2_PRR_1468_13December2022.pdfOpen →other · source link
- NRT_carbon project Conservancy boundaries.kmlOpen →other · source link
- R_1468_PRR_ 29APR2020.pdfOpen →other · source link
- 1468 Public Comment Summary.pdfOpen →other · source link
- Public Commentary Project ID 1468.pdfOpen →other · source link
- Draft Project Description15_June_2015.pdfDownload →pdd · hosted copy · 11,928 KB
- VCS-Issuance-Representation-Single-Representor-v4.1 VCS1468_2017-2020.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS-Issuance-Representation-Single-Representor-v4.1 VCS1468.pdfOpen →other · source link
- listing_register.pdfOpen →other · source link
- NKCP VCS CCB Monitoring Report_2017-2020 v1.12_8_23.pdfDownload →monitoring · hosted copy · 11,026 KB
- NKCP VCS CCB Monitoring Report 20201002 v3.9.pdfDownload →monitoring · hosted copy · 2,631 KB
- Registration Representation NKCP VCS CCB 2.6.2020.pdfOpen →other · source link
- 090_00_SFTF_CCB_VCS_Validation_Report_Finalv2_20200407.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 3,071 KB
- 090_00_SFTF_CCB_VCS_Validation-Representation_20200106.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 443 KB
- Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project 2017-2020 combined CCB-VR 5.1-clean (1).pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 635 KB
- VCS 1468 NKCP 2017-2020 CCB-VR 3.4.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 1,009 KB
- VCS Verification Report_1468_01JAN2013-31DEC2016.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 623 KB
- 14090_SFTF_VCSVerRepresentation_Final_20201120.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 92 KB
- Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project 2017-2020-Verification-Representation-v4.1.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 135 KB
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