<aside> <img src="/icons/tablet_green.svg" alt="/icons/tablet_green.svg" width="40px" /> TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Getting Started
• Creating a New Project
• Interpreting Screening Project Results
• Underlying Datasets
• FAQs </aside>

Eligibility

• We assess the area of the project which could be eligible under Verra’s VM0047 methodology, based on a historical deforestation assessment (i.e., the project area must not have been deforested within the past 10 years), present day land cover and the selected land cover types for project activities, as set in the parameter configurations by the user. Results are presented as area (ha) and % of project area that could be eligible for ARR development. Total area (ha) of deforestation within the past 10 years is also flagged.
• We assess for project area overlap with existing forest carbon projects, including all project types (REDD, ARR, IFM, blue carbon) and major standards (Verra, Gold Standard, Cercarbono, ART Trees, Plan Vivo, BioCarbon, American Carbon Registry and EcoRegistry). Existing forest carbon projects are shown within the central map panel in green, and any overlap is flagged within the results panel.
• We assess for any peatland or tidal wetland areas both within the project area and a 10km buffer, using the Tropical and Subtropical Wetlands Distribution dataset from Gumbricht et al. (2017). This assessment highlights areas of mangrove, swamp/bog, fen, riverine/lacustrine, floodout and general marshes in the project area. Under some methodologies, the project area and a 10km buffer area must be less than 2% and 10% peatland or tidal wetland vegetation, respectively.

Screening Summary

• The ARR screening summary presents the total and average annual carbon credit potential over the first 5 years after the project starts, across the proposed project area. Carbon credit potential (i.e., the predicted emissions removals) in tCO2e is calculated across the proposed project area using the predicted removals via new tree growth (derived from the growth curve set in the parameter configurations). This value is then adjusted for the user-set dynamic baseline discount.
• Results are presented both in a bar chart and a table, detailing the total carbon removals potential (tCO2e) and proposed planting area (ha) per site, if there are multiple sites within your project area.
• Results can be toggled between Total Potential or Average Annual Potential, and can also be displayed on a per ha basis.

Predicted Carbon Credits

• The predicted cumulative and annual carbon credit potential is presented over an adjustable length of time from the project start date, using the predicted removals via new tree growth (derived from the growth curve set in the parameter configurations).
• The user can choose to see results over the next 5, 10, 25, 50 or 100 years.
• Results are presented as tCO2e through time in both a graph and a table, which show the carbon credits potential per year.
• Results can be toggled between Cumulative Potential or Annual Potential, and can also be displayed on a per ha basis.