Protection of a Tasmanian Native Forest (Project 3: Peter Downie)

Australia · Proponent: Peter Downie

Improved Forest Management project in Australia, listed on the Verra VCS registry. 221,155 t issued so far, 97.8% of them retired.

Issued: 221K; tCO₂e
Retired: 216K; 97.8% of issued
Outstanding: 5K; tCO₂e
First issuance: 2011; first retirement 2011

Canonical record

Every field, with its source

Registry: Verra VCS; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS
Project ID: VCS587; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS
Methodology: vm0010; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS
Category: Forest; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS
Type: Improved Forest Management; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS
Country: Australia; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS
Region: Asia; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS
Status: Unknown; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS
Proponent: Peter Downie; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS

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Quality framework

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Methodology risk

In the record

How robust the crediting method isvm0010

Vintage

In the record

When credits were first issuedPre-2016, weighted down

Country governance

In the record

Host-country risk indexIndex for Australia

Permanence

In the record

Risk that stored carbon is releasedNature-based, reversal risk applies

Source reliability

In the record

How trustworthy each source isVerra VCS registry

Cross-registry check

In the platform

Same credits listed twice?Screened across 6 sources

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Source data: CarbonPlan OffsetsDB (carbonplan.org/research/offsets-db). Project types incorporate the Voluntary Registry Offsets Database, Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, CC BY 4.0. Signals and summaries are derived by QAVCM. Data as of 2026-10-02.

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