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Cases / Carbon credits · Myanmar · date not stated

Worldview International Foundation mangrove project (Myanmar)

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 2 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

A Myanmar mangrove planting programme registered with Verra reports seedling survival of 86 to 96 percent and an AA rating from BeZero. The sources reviewed contain no independent audit.

86–96%Self-reported seedling survival
Reported by Worldview International Foundation itself; no independent check found in the sources reviewed.

Status As of the sources reviewed: the foundation reports its own survival and rating figures; no independent audit found.

What?
A mangrove planting programme in Myanmar, registered with Verra as VCS 1764, covering about 2,100 hectares with about 184,006 credits a year expected.
Where?
Myanmar.
When?
The sources reviewed give no dates.
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Plantings are registered as carbon projects with Verra; the foundation reports survival of 86–96% and a BeZero AA rating.
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

Worldview International Foundation (WIF) reports six projects registered with Verra. One of them, VCS 1764, covers about 2,100 hectares and is expected to generate about 184,006 credits a year.

WIF reports survival of 86 to 96 percent for its plantings and a BeZero AA rating.

The sources reviewed contain no independent audit or investigation of the project. The figures above are the foundation's own.

    How it looked

    What was shown, beside what was recorded.

    Shown

    • Survival of 86–96% and a BeZero AA rating.
      Worldview International Foundation (self-reported)

    Recorded

    • Six projects registered with Verra are reported by the foundation; VCS 1764 covers about 2,100 ha with about 184,006 credits a year expected.

    Who gained

    Money that reached nature, beside money that stayed elsewhere.

    Reached nature or the ground

    Not published
    No figure published.

    Gained elsewhere

    Not totalled
    Currency: · Window: . All figures cover the same period. * Estimate built from cited figures.

    Responses on record

    • Worldview International Foundation: Reports survival of 86–96% and a BeZero AA rating.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What nature saw

    Outcomes measured on the ground, and nature's note.

    Nature's report opens this page. Below: further outcomes measured on the ground.

    Seedling survival (self-reported)
    86–96%
    Reported by Worldview International Foundation
    Independent ecological evaluation
    None found
    No independent audit or investigation appears in the sources reviewed

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
    No independent ecological evaluation

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: No independent ecological evaluation is on record.

    Record

    • None on record Independent verification of survival rates: no independent audit or investigation appears in the sources reviewed.
    • None on record Credits sold, prices and revenue: not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not applicable: no harm is recorded in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not established in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

    Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts— Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers

    Connected cases

    Related matters, and cases linked to this one through the same organisations, with the role each played in both.
    Terms used on this page

    Science and environment

    Hectare (ha)
    A unit of area equal to 10,000 square metres, about 2.5 acres. 100 hectares make one square kilometre.

    Carbon and conservation finance

    Buffer pool
    A reserve of credits held back from sale by a carbon programme to cover future losses, such as forest burned or logged after credits were issued. It works as the programme's own insurance.
    Carbon credit
    A certificate representing one tonne of carbon dioxide (or equivalent) that a project says it reduced, avoided or removed. Buyers use credits to balance their own emissions in climate claims.
    REDD+
    Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation. A UN framework under which forest projects earn carbon credits for deforestation they say they prevented, measured against a projected baseline.
    Standard-setter and registry
    An organisation that writes the rules for carbon credits, approves projects, and records when credits are issued and retired. Such bodies typically charge fees per credit.
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