Requirements documents set out the core principles and requirements for developing jurisdictional FRELs, jurisdictional programs and nested projects, and generating GHG credits that are real, additional, permanent, independently verified and transparently registered. All jurisdictional elements are assessed against these requirements to determine whether they are eligible to register with the VCS Program.

Procedural documents describe the steps required to perform different functions of the JNR Program, including the process for validating and verifying jurisdictional elements and how to apply for jurisdictional element registration.  These documents guide users of the JNR Program through these different processes.

The JNR Allocation Tool allows allocating portions the jurisdictional Forest Reference Emission Level (FREL) to nested projects and lower-level jurisdictional programs according to the risk of deforestation and forest degradation.

Templates and forms are provided to ensure that users of the JNR Program have a consistent structure to work from when completing certain documents. These templates are required for the completion of jurisdictional FREL and jurisdictional program descriptions, validation reports, monitoring reports, verification reports and other required documentation.