Active 28 September 2023
Outcome Label
Eligibility
Removals
14. Agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU)
This methodology quantifies carbon removals from activities that increase the density of trees or other types of woody vegetation. It provides two approaches for quantifying such carbon removals from afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) activities.
- Area-based approach: This approach combines plot-based sampling, remote sensing, and a dynamic performance benchmark to test additionality and establishes the crediting baselines at every verification.
- Census-based approach: This approach applies to smaller projects where a full census of plantings is feasible. This approach best suits dispersed planting activities (e.g., urban forestry, agroforestry, shelterbelts, and revegetation activities that do not meet the forest definition). Under this approach, additionality is demonstrated with a project method and the crediting baseline is set to zero if conservative criteria are met.
VMD0054 Module for Estimating Leakage from ARR Activities must be applied in conjunction with this methodology to account for leakage related to the displacement of pre-project agricultural activities caused by the baseline agent or other actors.
- VM0047 replaces the CDM methodologies AR-ACM0003: Afforestation and reforestation of lands except wetlands (external site) and AR-AMS0007: Afforestation and reforestation project activities implemented on lands other than wetlands (external site).
- All new ARR projects and those in the pipeline that did not reach a status of pipeline listing requested (under validation) by December 28, 2023, must use VM0047 .
- All projects using AR-ACM0003 or AR-AMS0007 must complete validation by June 30, 2025, as per the announcement from November 1, 2024.
Proposed Revisions
Development History
VM0047 Methodology for Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation, v1.0
Status: Active since 28 September 2023
Grace Period:
- New projects and those in the pipeline that did not reach a status of ‘pipeline listing requested (under validation)’ (or beyond) by December 28, 2023, must use VM0047.
- Projects using AR-ACM0003 or AR-AMS0007 listed as ‘under validation’ must complete validation no later than June 30, 2025, as per the announcement from 1 November, 2024.
Mitigation Outcome Label Eligibility: Removals
Developers: Verra, TerraCarbon, and Silvestrum Climate Associates
Dates of Public Consultation: 17 December 2021 to 28 January 2022
Summary of Public Consultation: Summary of Public Consultation for VM0047, v1.0 (PDF)
VVB Assessment Report(s): VVB Assessment Report for VM0047, v1.0 (PDF)
Announcement(s): Verra Releases New Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation Methodology, Updated Deadline to Transition from CDM ARR Methodologies