Purchase carbon credits from Guanaré Afforestation
Establishing forests to avoid overgrazing, obtain high-value timber products and sequester large amounts of CO₂
Guanaré Afforestation
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Guanaré Afforestation

Establishing forests to avoid overgrazing, obtain high-value timber products and sequester large amounts of CO₂

VCS959
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Afforestation
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Removal
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Description
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Technology and mechanism

Afforestation
Planting trees in a previously unforested area.
Mechanism
Removal

Ratings

B

VCS959

Credits from this project have a Low likelihood of achieving a full tonne of CO2e avoidance or removal.

Provided on Apr 2, 2025. Read methodology

Guanaré Afforestation

VCS959

BeZero Carbon Rating (BCR) and rating scale

The BCR expresses BeZero's opinion that a given carbon credit represents one tonne of CO2e avoided or removed. Making this assessment requires analysing the risks a project is exposed to and how they impact the carbon efficacy of the credits issued. The full details of how the BCR assessment is conducted can be found in the BCR methodology document.

The multi stage process of assessing a credit's carbon efficacy culminates in an analytical view of the likelihood it achieves a tonne of carbon avoided and/or removed. This view is expressed through the rating definition, i.e. the range of likelihoods assigned, and reflected in the rating scale.

The BeZero Carbon Rating follows a robust analytical framework involving detailed assessment of six critical risk factors affecting the quality of credits issues by the project.

Permanence

Permanence is risk that the carbon avoided or removed by the project will not remain so for the time committed.

Permanence is weighted at 10% for determining the final BeZero rating.

Political Environment

Political Environment is risk that the policy environment undermines the project's carbon effectiveness.

Political Environment is weighted at 5% for determining the final BeZero rating.

Additionality

Additionality is risk that a credit purchased and retired does not lead to a tonne of CO2e being avoided or sequestered that would not have otherwise happened.

Additionality is weighted at 50% for determining the final BeZero rating.

Over-crediting

Over-crediting is risk that more credits than tonnes of CO2e achieved are issued by a given project due to factors such as unrealistic baseline assumptions.

Over-crediting is weighted at 20% for determining the final BeZero rating.

Leakage

Leakage is risk that emissions avoided or removed by a project are pushed outside the project boundary.

Leakage is weighted at 10% for determining the final BeZero rating.

Perverse Incentives

Perverse Incentives is risk that benefits from a project, such as offset revenues, incentivise behaviour that reduces the effectiveness.

Perverse Incentives is weighted at 5% for determining the final BeZero rating.

You can learn more about the BeZero rating scale on the BeZero website.

VCS959

Guanaré Afforestation

VCS959

Sylvera Rating Categories

Sylvera Rating Categories are a top-level view of a carbon project's claims.

Tier 1 indicates that there is little risk that the claims of a project are overstated.

Tier 2 indicates that the claims may be overstated and that the buyers should analyze the project and carbon credit costs in detail when considering investment.

Tier 3 indicates that there is very high risk that the claims of a project are inaccurate.

Co-benefits

Sylvera measures community Co-benefits using the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. When assessing biodiversity impacts, Sylvera evaluates species richness, regional threats to biodiversity, and project actions to reduce pressure on biodiversity. Co-benefits are scored separately, because the primary objective of Sylvera’s overall rating is to evaluate the project claims of GHGs being avoided or removed. For example, a high co-benefits score could inflate a rating, which would be an issue particularly if a project is underperforming in other key areas like carbon, additionality, and permanence. Sylvera’s Co-benefits scores are on a scale of 1 - 5.

Indicates exceptional progression of targeted SDGs, as well as extraordinary species richness and high quality activities to reduce pressure on biodiversity.

Example: The project implements a broad range of SDG activities with extensive reach in the community, operates in a biodiversity hotspot and successfully reduces pressures on the ecosystem.Indicates very limited progression of targeted SDGs, as well as very low species richness and deficient activities to reduce pressure on biodiversity.

Indicates strong progression of targeted SDGs, as well as high species richness and quality activities to reduce pressure on biodiversity.

Indicates average progression of targeted SDGs, as well as average species richness and adequate activities to reduce pressure on biodiversity.

Example: The project implements SDG activities with moderate reach in the community, has average species richness, and takes acceptable action to reduce pressures on biodiversity.Indicates very limited progression of targeted SDGs, as well as very low species richness and deficient activities to reduce pressure on biodiversity.

Indicates narrow progression of targeted SDGs, or low species richness and limited activities to reduce pressure on biodiversity.

Indicates very limited progression of targeted SDGs, as well as very low species richness and deficient activities to reduce pressure on biodiversity.

Example: The project implements limited SDG activities with limited reach in the community, while not taking meaningful action to reduce pressures on biodiversity or its species diversity is low and possibly under low threat.

Provided on Nov 16, 2023.

Sylvera disclaimer

You can learn more about the Sylvera rating scale on the Sylvera website.

Rating category
Co-benefits

Tier 3 indicates that there is very high risk that the claims of a project are inaccurate.

Provided on Nov 16, 2023. Read methodology

Sylvera disclaimer

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
No Poverty
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Good Health and Well-Being
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Decent Work and Economic Growth
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Reduce Inequality
Reduce inequality within and among countries
Climate Action
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Life on Land
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Project certifications

Certifier

Verra

Standard

Verified Carbon Standard

Registry ID

VCS959

Crediting period term

Apr 24, 2006 - Apr 23, 2066

Project methodology

AR-ACM0001: Afforestation and Reforestation of Degraded Land

Verified by a CDM multi-stakeholder working group

Project design document (PDD)

PDD: Guanare Afforestation, Uruguay

Updated May 3, 2017
Verified by Rainforest Alliance, Inc.

Current verifier of project outcomes

Rainforest Alliance, Inc.
Florida, Uruguay
Afforestation
Meets Verified Carbon Standard standards
$10.49 per tonne
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$10.49
1t of CO2e removal