Integrity Rating · VCS607
Darkwoods Forest Carbon Project
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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- Darkwoods Forest Carbon Project – Monitoring Report CCB v3.0 / VCS v4.4 (September 7, 2024)Open →monitoring · source link
- VM0012 Improved Forest Management in Temperate and Boreal Forests (LtPF) v1.0/v1.2 – VerraDownload →methodology · hosted copy · 143 KB
- Ecosystem Marketplace – BC Auditor General Condemns Darkwoods (April 4, 2013)Download →verification · hosted copy · 129 KB
- Darkwoods Forest Carbon Project — CCB Project Description Document v1.8 (June 6, 2014; 3GreenTree/NCC). Contains reproduced VCS PDD Sections 2.4, 2.5, 4.1–4.5; full ex-ante carbon tables; Non-PermanenDownload →pdd · hosted copy · 7,521 KB
- Ecosystem Marketplace — BC And The Baseline Brouhaha: Dissecting The Darkwoods Documents (March 28, 2013). Independent analysis of BC Auditor General report vs. VCS PDD.Download →other · hosted copy · 90 KB
- Darkwoods Forest Carbon Project — CCB Project Description Document v1.6 (July 11, 2013; 3GreenTree/NCC). Earlier version of the CCB PDD.Download →pdd · hosted copy · 6,091 KB
- Rainforest Alliance — VCS Validation Report, Darkwoods Forest Carbon Project (April 21, 2011). Referenced in CCB PDD as 'Rainforest Alliance, 2011a'; hosted on Verra Registry project page 607.Download →verification · hosted copy · 3 KB
- Darkwoods Carbon Model 2020-21_v1.7_Febuary27.xlsxOpen →other · source link
- Final_Darkwoods Carbon Model 2022-23_Jul.07.25.xlsxOpen →other · source link
- CCB VCS MR 607_01Jan2022-31Dec2023_Round1_Clean.pdfDownload →monitoring · hosted copy · 2,963 KB
- CCB VCS VerR 607 01Jan2022-31Dec2023_PRR_clean.pdfOpen →other · source link
- AFOLU_PROJ_ELEM_607_01JAN2013_31DEC2016.pdfOpen →other · source link
- AFOLU_PROJ_ELEM_ASSESSMENT_607_01JAN2011_31DEC2012.pdfOpen →other · source link
- Darkwoods_2017-2019_VCS-Non-Permanence-Risk-Report_v1.3.pdfOpen →other · source link
- Darkwoods_2020-2021_VCS-Non-Permanence-Risk-Report_v1.2.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS_NPR_REP_607_1_1_2022_12_31_2023.pdfOpen →other · source link
- AFOLU_PROJ_ELEM_607_01JAN2011_31DEC2012.pdfOpen →other · source link
- AFOLU_PROJ_ELEM_RISK_TOOL.xlsOpen →other · source link
- PROJ_DESC_607_21APR2011.pdfOpen →other · source link
- PRR_ID607_SD VISta Verification.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS-Loss-Event-Report-Darkwoods-2021Fire_02072024.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS-Loss-Event-Representation-Darkwoods-2021Fire-02072024.pdfOpen →other · source link
- 607 - DW_Project_Area_ALL_June2023.kmlOpen →other · source link
- DW_ProjectBoundary_22_23.kmlOpen →other · source link
- CCBVCS_V_PRR_0607_R2_18MAR2024.pdfOpen →other · source link
- RI_PRR_607_29MAR2021.pdfOpen →other · source link
- SDV_PROJ_DESC_ENG_DRAFT_05AUG2019.pdfDownload →pdd · hosted copy · 1,569 KB
- Darkwoods_2020-2021_vcs-issuance-representation-single-representor-v4.2-final (1) (1).pdfOpen →other · source link
- Issuance Representation_607_2025-12-23.pdfOpen →other · source link
- PP_ISS_REP_607_01APR2008_31DEC2010.pdfOpen →other · source link
- PP_ISS_REP_607_01JAN2011_31DEC2012.pdfOpen →other · source link
- PP_ISS_REP_607_01JAN2013_31DEC2016.pdfOpen →other · source link
- VCS ISSUANCE DEED OF REPRESENTATION.pdfOpen →other · source link
- Darkwoods_CCB_VCS_Monitoring_Report_2017-2019_v1.6_Final.pdfDownload →monitoring · hosted copy · 7,082 KB
- Darkwoods_CCB_VCS_Monitoring_Report_2020-2021_v1.7_March132024_Final.pdfDownload →monitoring · hosted copy · 2,422 KB
- MONIT_REP_607_01APR2008_31DEC2010.pdfDownload →monitoring · hosted copy · 912 KB
- MONIT_REP_607_01JAN2011_31DEC2012.pdfDownload →monitoring · hosted copy · 1,875 KB
- MONIT_REP_607_01JAN2013_31DEC2016.pdfDownload →monitoring · hosted copy · 1,216 KB
- Darkwoods_2018_VCS-Project-Description v2.2.pdfDownload →pdd · hosted copy · 11,678 KB
- PROJ_DESC_607_21APR2011.pdfDownload →pdd · hosted copy · 2,532 KB
- PP_REG_REP_607_3MAY2011.pdfOpen →other · source link
- PP_REG_REP_607_3MAY2011.pdfOpen →other · source link
- 19015_Darkwoods-VCS-BaselineReValidation-Report_Draft_20201104.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 268 KB
- VALID_REP_607_21APR2011.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 961 KB
- VALID_REP_607_21APR2011.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 961 KB
- 1901501_Darkwoods VCS Verification Representation_V3_20240313pdf.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 92 KB
- VALID_STA_607_21APR2011.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 23 KB
- 19015.01_Darkwoods_CCBVCS_VerReport_V3_20240313.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 1,327 KB
- 19015_Darkwoods_VerReport_CCBVCS_Final_20200930.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 1,063 KB
- VERIF_REP_607_01APR2008_31DEC2010.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 281 KB
- VERIF_REP_607_01JAN2011_31DEC2012.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 251 KB
- VERIF_REP_607_01JAN2013_31DEC2016.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 1,069 KB
- VERIF_STA_607_01APR2008_31DEC2010.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 43 KB
- VERIF_STA_607_01JAN2011_31DEC2012.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 38 KB
- VERIF_STA_607_01JAN2013_31DEC2016.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 42 KB
- VO19015_Darkwoods_VCSVerRepresentation_20200930.pdfDownload →verification · hosted copy · 93 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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