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CARBON PROJECT

Bale Mountains Eco-region REDD+ project

Verra (VCS) · VCS1340 · Ethiopia

Credits issued
10,595,345
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
8,151,924
77% of issued
Remaining
2,443,421
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Registered

The record

Project ID
VCS1340
Registry
Verra (VCS)
Type
REDD+ · Forestry & Land Use
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
VM0015 Methodology for Avoided Unplanned Deforestation
Developer
Oromia Forest and Wildlife Enterprise (PP) · 1 project
Country
Ethiopia
First vintage
2012
Buffer pool deposits
1,343,811
Data from
Berkeley VROD v2026-08

Community involvement

The registry record we hold does not describe the communities involved.

Registry documents (the project design document and validation report) normally cover consultation and benefit-sharing; open the record in the registry to read them.

Status and timeline

Registry status
Registered (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2012
Credits issued
10,595,345 (retired 8,151,924)

Credits by vintage year

Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent

Location

Named place A named place from the project title or documents, found on OpenStreetMap and hand-checked
Coordinates
6.8146, 39.7205
Source
OpenStreetMap (Nominatim), hand-checked
Note
Bale Mountains (named in the project title)
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Credit totals and status are as compiled in the Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database v2026-08 (CC BY 4.0) and change as the registries update. Please check the registry record before you quote a figure.
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