Verra / Verified Carbon Standard
A voluntary greenhouse-gas crediting programme and registry, whose Verified Carbon Standard methodologies cover forest conservation, agriculture, wetland restoration and more.
- Also written as
- Verra (VCS) & CCB Standards, Verra, Verra (VCS / CCB / SD VISta), Verra (VCS / CCB), Verra (VCS)
- Official website
- verra.org (opens another site)
- Projects
- 32
- Documents
- 38
Projects
- ABC Mangrove · Standard
- Alto Huayabamba REDD+ · VCS and CCB certification standard
- Brazil Cerrado 1 · Standard
- China Afforestation Portfolio · VCS registration (portfolio-level, IDs vary)
- Cordillera Azul REDD+ · Certification standard
- Delta Blue Carbon – 1 · Standard
- Isangi REDD+ Project · VCS/CCB standard and registry operator; certified the project in 2014, later removed it and froze buffer-pool credits
- Kariba REDD+ · Standard and registry; opened review in Oct 2023, later found majority of credits 'in excess'
- Kasigau Corridor REDD+ · Certification standard
- Katingan Mentaya · Certification standard
- Lep-lep · Registry (VCS, CCB, SD VISta)
- Lower Zambezi REDD+ · VCS and CCB certification standard
- Mai-Ndombe REDD+ · Certification standard
- Makame Savannah REDD+ · VCS and CCB certification standard
- Niger Delta Mangrove Restoration · Registry (VCS 3155 and CCB; verification approval requested)
- Northern Kenya Rangelands Carbon Project · Standard body; VCS registry (project ID 1468), conducted the 2023 quality-control review
- Ntakata Mountains REDD+ · VCS and CCB certification standard
- Oceanium / Livelihoods Carbon Fund · Standard
- Papariko · Registry (VCS, CCB, SD VISta)
- Project Buffalo · VM0047 (ARR) and CCB carbon and co-benefit standard
- Project Colobus · VM0047 (ARR) and CCB carbon and co-benefit standard
- Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve · Certification standard
- Selva de Mataven REDD+ · VCS and CCB certification standard
- Southern Cardamom REDD+ · Certification standard
- THANRY Tiapleu Afforestation · Intended VCS carbon standard (certification developer-stated as in progress)
- Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park · Registry (VCS 1764)
- TIST: The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program · Carbon registry and certification body; validates/verifies TIST projects and issues credits
- Tond Tenga · Standard and registry (VCS)
- Vida Manglar · Standard
- WeForest Casamance & Sine-Saloum · Standard
- XiCO2e Mexican Reforestation · VCS registration (VCS3342)
- Yagasu Mangrove Restoration · Registry (VCS 1493)
Documents it published
- The Blue Carbon Project Gulf of Morrosquillo: Protecting Mangroves and Marshes in Colombia (VCS/2290) · Publisher's own programme report, September 2020 (methodology revision noted)
- Restoring Pakistan's Mangroves to Protect Climate, Communities, and Coastlines (Delta Blue Carbon 1) · Publisher's own programme report, updated 30 July 2026
- Deep Dive Into the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project · Assessment, 21 March 2017
- Verra Review Findings: Kasigau Corridor Projects · Independent evaluation, February 2024
- Statement on the New Yorker Article of October 16, 2023 (Kariba REDD+) · Publisher's own programme report, 17 October 2023
- Kuzuko Lodge Private Game Reserve thicket restoration project, Verra registry page (VCS 1343) · Monitoring report, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026)
- SATROKALA ARR Grouped Project, Verra registry page (VCS 5755) · Monitoring report, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026; project start 3 November 2022)
- Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve Project, Verra registry page (VCS 674) · Monitoring report, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026)
- Papariko, restoration of degraded mangrove areas in Kenya, Verra registry page (VCS 3660) · Monitoring report, registered 14 February 2025; status as viewed 16 September 2026
- Community-based Mangrove Restoration Initiative, Lep Lep, Verra registry page (VCS 3885) · Monitoring report, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026; project start 1 January 2023)
- Mangrove restoration and coastal greenbelt protection in Aceh and North Sumatra (Yagasu), Verra registry page (VCS 1493) · Monitoring report, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026)
- Reforestation and restoration of degraded mangrove lands in Myanmar (Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park), Verra registry page (VCS 1764) · Independent evaluation, registered 26 June 2017; status as viewed 16 September 2026
- Gola REDD project, Verra registry page (VCS 1201) · Monitoring report, registered 11 April 2015; status as viewed 16 September 2026
- Isangi REDD+ Project, Verra registry page (VCS 1359) · Independent evaluation, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026)
- Tond Tenga, Verra registry page (VCS 5085) · Monitoring report, registered 4 April 2025; status as viewed 16 September 2026
- Niger Acacia Senegal Plantation Project, Verra registry page (VCS 2382) · Monitoring report, registered 25 October 2021; status as viewed 16 September 2026
- Niger Acacia Senegal Plantation Project, CER conversion, Verra registry page (VCS 2965) · Monitoring report, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026)
- XiCO2e Mexican Reforestation Project, Verra registry page (VCS 3342) · Monitoring report, registered 14 February 2025; status as viewed 16 September 2026
- DelAgua Clean Cooking Grouped Project in Rwanda, Verra registry page (VCS 4150) · Monitoring report, registered 15 February 2024; status as viewed 16 September 2026
- DelAgua Improved Cookstove Grouped Project, Verra registry page (VCS 3699) · Monitoring report, registered 27 November 2024; status as viewed 16 September 2026
- Makame Savannah REDD, Verra registry page (VCS 1900) · Monitoring report, registered 2 October 2020; status as viewed 16 September 2026
- Ntakata Mountains REDD, Verra registry page (VCS 1897) · Monitoring report, registered 22 September 2020; status as viewed 16 September 2026
- Lower Zambezi REDD+ Project, Verra registry page (VCS 1202) · Monitoring report, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026)
- REDD+ Project Resguardo Indigena Unificado Selva de Mataven, Verra registry page (VCS 1566) · Monitoring report, registered 8 December 2016; status as viewed 16 September 2026
- REDD+ Project in the Alto Huayabamba Conservation Concession, Verra registry page (VCS 1882) · Monitoring report, registered 31 July 2019; status as viewed 16 September 2026
- REDD in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Verra registry page (VCS 1650) · Monitoring report, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026)
- Corazón Verde del Chaco Project, Verra registry page (VCS 2611) · Monitoring report, registered 21 March 2023; status as viewed 16 September 2026
- Jari/Amapá REDD+ Project, Verra registry page (VCS 1115) · Monitoring report, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026)
- Belize Maya Forest REDD+ Project, Verra registry page (VCS 3960) · Monitoring report, registered 14 November 2024; status as viewed 16 September 2026
- Reduction of deforestation and degradation in Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, Verra registry page (VCS 1067) · Monitoring report, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026)
- Kariba REDD+ Project, Verra registry page (VCS 902) · Independent evaluation, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026)
- Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project, Verra registry page (VCS 1468) · Monitoring report, registered 5 May 2020; status as viewed 16 September 2026
- The Kasigau Corridor REDD Project, Phase I Rukinga Sanctuary, Verra registry page (VCS 562) · Monitoring report, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026)
- The Kasigau Corridor REDD Project, Phase II The Community Ranches, Verra registry page (VCS 612) · Monitoring report, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026)
- Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation Project, Verra registry page (VCS 1477) · Monitoring report, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026)
- Cordillera Azul National Park REDD Project, Verra registry page (VCS 985) · Independent evaluation, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026)
- Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project, Verra registry page (VCS 1748) · Independent evaluation, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026)
- Chyulu Hills REDD+ Project, Verra registry page (VCS 1408) · Monitoring report, undated (page as viewed 16 September 2026)
Sources
- Page on its own siteVerra / Verified Carbon Standard (opens another site)
- Page on its own siteverra.org/case-studies/the-tist-model (opens another site) on TIST: The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program
- Named intist.org (opens another site) on TIST: The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program
- Named inClean Air Action Corporation (CAAC) (opens another site) on TIST: The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program
- Named incompensate.com (opens another site) on TIST: The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program
- Named inUSAID (opens another site) on TIST: The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program