Integrity Rating · VCS3018
BigCoast Forest Climate Initiative
Forestry & Land Use · Improved Forest Management · Canada
CORSIA-approved programmeBB
55/100
Below investment grade
confidence: high
Dimension breakdown · CCP-aligned
Additionality55 · w22
Over-crediting risk47 · w22
Permanence47 · w20
MRV & methodology rigor60 · w16
Double-counting & registry70 · w12
Co-benefits & safeguards63 · w8
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- BigCoast Forest Climate Initiative – Joint Project Description & Monitoring Report (VCS Version 4.1, VM0012 v1.2)Download →pdd · hosted copy · 8,596 KB
- SOP – GHG Monitoring – BigCoast Forest (published by project proponent)Download →other · hosted copy · 515 KB
- SOP – Stakeholder Consultation & Engagement – BigCoast ForestDownload →other · hosted copy · 607 KB
- Mosaic Forest Management – Verra Completes Review of BigCoast Forest Climate Initiative (March 25, 2025)Download →other · hosted copy · 113 KB
- The Globe and Mail – Mosaic Forest Management's BigCoast carbon credit project under scrutiny (June 24, 2024)Download →other · hosted copy · 845 KB
- Assessment Report: Forest Carbon Project Potential – Small Forestland Owners (BC South Coast), CDFCP, March 2024 – contains BigCoast VM0012 detailsDownload →other · hosted copy · 315 KB
- Verra-Registry-Communications-Agrmt-BigCoast (Mar '22).pdfOpen →other · source link
- Verra-Registry-Communications-Agrmt-BigCoast (Nov '22).pdfOpen →other · source link
- Final GHG Estimate (Nov 26, 2024)_(2018-2021)_Rev5.xlsOpen →other · source link
- VCS-Non-Permanence-Risk-Report-Short-Form-BigCoast v1.0 (Jan'25).pdfOpen →other · source link
- 3018, New Review Notification Letter, 24 OCT 2024.pdfOpen →other · source link
- 3018, Review Completion Letter_25MAR2025.pdfOpen →other · source link
- 3018, VCU Replacement Statement, 11APR2025.pdfOpen →other · source link
- BigCoastInstance.kmlOpen →other · source link
- Big_Coast_Vancouver_Instance.kmlOpen →other · source link
- Clarification 3018 and 5895 28May2026.pdfOpen →other · source link
- SDVISta_R_V1_PRR_3018_17AUG2023.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS_SDV_Verra Quality Control Review Report_3018_V1_25MAR2025.pdfOpen →other · source link
- ProjectArea_BigCoast.kmlOpen →other · source link
- VCS_RV1_PRR_3018_01JAN2018_31DEC2021_Final.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS PD Deviation Project3018 12JAN2026_clean (1).pdfDownload →pdd · hosted copy · 6,254 KB
- VCS-Project-Listing-BigCoast v2.1.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS-Issuance-Representation-BigCoast v4.1 (Oct '22).pdfOpen →other · source link
- Listing Representation_3018_2026-02-03.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS-Listing-Representation-BigCoast v4.1 (signed).pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS_Joint_Prjct_Description_Monitoring_Report_BigCoast v3.1-Public.pdfDownload →monitoring · hosted copy · 8,596 KB
- VCS_Joint_Prjct_Description_Monitoring_Report_BigCoast v3.3_Rev4_public.pdfDownload →monitoring · hosted copy · 6,211 KB
- VCS_Joint_Prjct_Description_Monitoring_Report_BigCoast v3.1-Public.pdfDownload →pdd · hosted copy · 8,596 KB
- VCS_Joint_Prjct_Description_Monitoring_Report_BigCoast v3.3_Rev4_public.pdfDownload →pdd · hosted copy · 6,211 KB
- VCS-Registration-Representation-BigCoast v4.1 (Oct 31 '22).pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS_MOSAIC_BigCoast_ValVer_Report_V1-3_031723.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 650 KB
- VCS_MOSAIC_BigCoast_ValVer_Report_V2-0_020525_clean.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 931 KB
- VCS_MOSAIC_BigCoast_Validation_Representation_V1-1_103122.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 118 KB
- VCS_MOSAIC_BigCoast_ValVer_Report_V1-3_031723.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 650 KB
- VCS_MOSAIC_BigCoast_ValVer_Report_V2-0_020525_clean.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 931 KB
- VCS_MOSAIC_BigCoast_Verification_Representation_V1-1_103122.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 90 KB
Primary documents located by the document review. Hosted copies are served from CarbonDecode; source links open the original registry or developer page.
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