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Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation Project
PT. Rimba Makmur Utama (PT. RMU) · Central Kalimantan · 149.800 ha
A 149,800 ha peatland protection and restoration project in Central Kalimantan developed by PT. Rimba Makmur Utama, running since 2010 and verified under VCS (VM0007) plus CCB triple-gold. It is the largest forest-based avoided-emissions project in the world, averaging ~7.5 MtCO2e/yr, with vintages actively trading in the voluntary market but issuance currently paused under Indonesia's carbon-export moratorium.
- Name
- Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation Project
- Developer
- PT. Rimba Makmur Utama (PT. RMU)
- Province
- Central Kalimantan
- Type
- Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use
- Methodology
- VM0007
- Hectares
- 149.800 ha
- Status
- Pipeline
- Integrity score
- 68 / 100
- Latest vintage
- 2020
- Registry IDs
- Verra VCS1477
- Generated
- Updated 2026-04-23
What is Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation Project?
A 149,800 ha peatland protection and restoration project in Central Kalimantan developed by PT. Rimba Makmur Utama, running since 2010 and verified under VCS (VM0007) plus CCB triple-gold.
Who operates Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation Project?
Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation Project is developed by PT. Rimba Makmur Utama (PT. RMU) and listed on Verra VCS1477.
What is its integrity score?
68 / 100. Driven down by registry transparency (55) and supported by community flags (75).
Why is it notable?
Latest news. On 3 Oct 2025, Verra and Indonesia's Ministry of Environment signed a Mutual Recognition Agreement allowing VCS-registered projects to dual-register in Indonesia's national SRN-PPI system, a step widely read as a pathway to unfreeze paused issuance from projects such as Katingan (VCS 1477) . On 15 Oct 2025, President Prabowo Subianto issued a decree restarting international carbon-credit trading after a four-year hiatus, explicitly naming the Katingan Mentaya project among the initiatives affected by the prior freeze . Spot prices for Katingan 2020 vintages peaked above USD 10/tCO2e in September 2025 before settling around USD 9.00–9.70/tCO2e in early October 2025, with 2021–2022 forwards quoted at USD 8.50–9.00/tCO2e for Q4 2025 / Q1 2026 delivery .
When was this last updated?
This dossier was generated on 2026-04-23 by claude-agent-websearch.
A 149,800 ha peatland protection and restoration project in Central Kalimantan developed by PT. Rimba Makmur Utama, running since 2010 and verified under VCS (VM0007) plus CCB triple-gold. It is the largest forest-based avoided-emissions project in the world, averaging ~7.5 MtCO2e/yr, with vintages actively trading in the voluntary market but issuance currently paused under Indonesia's carbon-export moratorium.
Analyst briefing
Activities & scale The Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation Project protects and rehabilitates a 149,800 ha carbon-accounting area (within a broader ~157,875 ha concession) of tropical peat-swamp forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, under an Ecosystem Restoration Concession granted to PT. Rimba Makmur Utama (PT. RMU). Core activities are preventing planned conversion to industrial acacia plantations, canal-blocking and peat rewetting, fire prevention, and reforestation, using the VCS VM0007 REDD+ methodology 12. The project has been operating since 2010 and is jointly managed with UK-based developer Permian Global 13.
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Integrity score
Moderate
v1 methodology, calibrating. Last computed 2026-06-10.
Registries
Issuances
Retirements
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Total retired
No retirements recorded.
Satellite alerts (last 90 days)
Total
524
High confidence
0
Nominal confidence
0
Score methodology
Score computed 2026-06-10 from inputs: alerts last 90 days (524), high-confidence alerts (0), registries (1), years since validation (6.18).
Methodology v1. Weights: validation recency 25%, reversal risk 35%, community flags 20%, transparency 20%. See full methodology →