Integrity Rating · VCS1897
Ntakata Mountains REDD
Forestry & Land Use · REDD+ · Tanzania
CORSIA-approved programmeBB
56/100
Below investment grade
confidence: high
Dimension breakdown · CCP-aligned
Additionality47 · w22
Over-crediting risk35 · w22
Permanence76 · w20
MRV & methodology rigor60 · w16
Double-counting & registry70 · w12
Co-benefits & safeguards65 · w8
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- Clear Rating Project Snapshot — Ntakata Mountains REDD Project (July 2024)Download →other · hosted copy · 109 KB
- Carbon Market Watch / UC Berkeley Formal Grievance to Verra re REDD+ Projects including VCS1897 (September 2023)Download →other · hosted copy · 402 KB
- West et al. (2023) — 'Action needed to make carbon offsets from tropical forest conservation work for climate change mitigation' [arXiv preprint, full SI including VCS1897 data]Download →other · hosted copy · 5,722 KB
- ID-RECCO / CIFOR-ICRAF Database Entry — Ntakata Mountains REDD (Project 455)Download →other · hosted copy · 62 KB
- Dickson et al. (2020) — Combining Deforestation and Species Distribution Models: Case Study Ntakata Mountains REDD (Forests, MDPI)Open →other · source link
- Ntakata_2023_VCS-Monitoring-Calcs_2024-09-06.xlsxOpen →other · source link
- Ntakata_2024_VCS-Monitoring-Calcs_2025-09-18.xlsxOpen →other · source link
- Ntakata_2022_Risk_Report_2023-07-04.pdfOpen →other · source link
- Ntakata_2023_NPRT_NaturalRisk_Addendum_20240926.docxOpen →other · source link
- Ntakata_AFOLU_NPRT_Notes_1897_20240926.pdfOpen →other · source link
- Ntakata_VCS_NPRT_Report_1897_20240926.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS_NPR_REP_1897_5_18_2023_5_17_2024.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS_NPR_REP_Ntakata_20250617.pdfOpen →other · source link
- AFOLU-Buffer-Account-Compensation-for-Reversals-Deed-Template-Single-PP-v1.2.Ntakata.2024.pdfOpen →other · source link
- CCB_VCS_Project_Description_Ntakata_validated_UpdatedAug2024.pdfOpen →other · source link
- Makame Savannah and Ntakata Mountains REDD Project Response.pdfOpen →other · source link
- NewprojectKML.kmlOpen →other · source link
- Ntakata eligible PA validated.kmlOpen →other · source link
- VCS_V3_PRR_1897_8MAY2023_19May2021_18May2022_13 OCT 2023.pdfOpen →other · source link
- Ntakata_REDD_Project area.kmlOpen →other · source link
- V1_PRR_1897_18NOV2020.pdfOpen →other · source link
- V2_PRR_1897_08NOV2022.docxOpen →other · source link
- VCS_CCB_PRR_1897_V_19MAY2023_18MAY2024.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS_CCB_V4_PRR_Project 1897.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS & CCBA CT Ntakata signed JA copy.pdfOpen →other · source link
- Issuance Representation_1897_2025-11-04.pdfOpen →other · source link
- Issuance-Representation-Ntakata-v4.3.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS-Issuance-Representation-v4.1 Ntakata_15Oct20.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS-Issuance-Representation-v4.1 Ntakata_2023.pdfOpen →other · source link
- PP_LIST_REP_PL1897_30APR2019.docxOpen →other · source link
- CCB_VCS_2022_Monitoring_Report_V4_Ntakata_2023_08_08.pdfDownload →monitoring · hosted copy · 2,111 KB
- CCB_VCS_2024_MR_1897_19052023-18052024_20260330.pdfDownload →monitoring · hosted copy · 3,897 KB
- CCB_VCS_Monitoring_Report_Ntakata_v3.0_06Nov2020.pdfDownload →monitoring · hosted copy · 2,800 KB
- CCB_VCS_MR_1897_19052022-18052023_20250213.pdfDownload →monitoring · hosted copy · 2,430 KB
- MON_REP_1897_20MAY2019_18MAY2021.pdfDownload →monitoring · hosted copy · 1,664 KB
- CCB_VCS_Project_Description_Ntakata_validated_UpdatedJuly2023.pdfDownload →pdd · hosted copy · 13,241 KB
- Ntakata_PD_ValidatedJune2020.pdfDownload →pdd · hosted copy · 13,705 KB
- PROJ_DESC_PL1897_5MAY2019.pdfDownload →pdd · hosted copy · 12,627 KB
- Ntakata Validation Deed.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS-Registration-Representation-v4.1-Ntakata.pdfOpen →other · source link
- CCB_VCS VALIDATION REPORT Ntakata - Reissue 16072020.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 1,449 KB
- CCB_VCS_Validation_Report_Template_CCBv3.0_VCSv3.4 NTAKATA 24062020.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 1,741 KB
- Ntakata Validation Deed.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 177 KB
- 21025.51_NtakataMountains_CCB VCS Ver Report_V2_20230815 Final.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 1,312 KB
- CCB_VCS_VerR_1897_19052022-18052023_V2.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 2,672 KB
- CCB_VCS_VerR_1897_19052023-18052024.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 2,072 KB
- VER_REP_1897_20MAY2019_18MAY2021.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 1,749 KB
- 21025.00_Ntakata_VCS_Verification_Representation_Final_V2_20220609.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 169 KB
- 21025.51_Ntakata_VCS-Verification-Representation_V2_20230815 Final.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 164 KB
- 21025.52_Ntakata_VCS_Verification_Representation_V2.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 166 KB
- VCS-Verification-Representation-v4.1 Ntakata.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 178 KB
- Verification Representation_1897_2025-10-17.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 79 KB
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