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REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION DUE TO SLASH-AND-BURN CORN BY INTRODUCING CACAO FARMING IN GORONTALO PROVINCE, INDONESIA
Multiple Proponents · Gorontalo Province · 43.014 ha
A 43,014-ha REDD+ project in Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi, aiming to displace slash-and-burn corn (jagung) expansion — the province's dominant deforestation driver — by introducing fermented cacao as an alternative smallholder livelihood. Uses VM0007 and sits in pipeline status with no public VCS issuance. The design mirrors a documented Boalemo REDD+ pilot previously scoped under Japan's Joint Crediting Mechanism.
- Name
- REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION DUE TO SLASH-AND-BURN CORN BY INTRODUCING CACAO FARMING IN GORONTALO PROVINCE, INDONESIA
- Developer
- Multiple Proponents
- Province
- Gorontalo Province
- Type
- Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use
- Methodology
- VM0007
- Hectares
- 43.014 ha
- Status
- Flagged
- Integrity score
- 63 / 100
- Registry IDs
- Verra VCS4186
- Generated
- Updated 2026-04-23
What is REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION DUE TO SLASH-AND-BURN CORN BY INTRODUCING CACAO FARMING IN GORONTALO PROVINCE, INDONESIA?
A 43,014-ha REDD+ project in Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi, aiming to displace slash-and-burn corn (jagung) expansion — the province's dominant deforestation driver — by introducing fermented cacao as an alternative smallholder livelihood. Uses VM0007 and sits in pipeline status with no public VCS issuance.
Who operates REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION DUE TO SLASH-AND-BURN CORN BY INTRODUCING CACAO FARMING IN GORONTALO PROVINCE, INDONESIA?
REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION DUE TO SLASH-AND-BURN CORN BY INTRODUCING CACAO FARMING IN GORONTALO PROVINCE, INDONESIA is developed by Multiple Proponents and listed on Verra VCS4186.
What is its integrity score?
63 / 100. Driven down by validation recency (50) and supported by community flags (75).
Why is it notable?
Latest news. No material third-party news surfaced in the last 12 months specifically tying this project ID, Multiple Proponents, or the 43,014-ha listing to a VCS registration, validation, or buyer announcement in the sources reviewed. Adjacent context (January 2026): Mongabay reported Indonesia is on track to match 2024's deforestation levels — the worst since 2019 .
When was this last updated?
This dossier was generated on 2026-04-23 by claude-agent-websearch.
A 43,014-ha REDD+ project in Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi, aiming to displace slash-and-burn corn (jagung) expansion — the province's dominant deforestation driver — by introducing fermented cacao as an alternative smallholder livelihood. Uses VM0007 and sits in pipeline status with no public VCS issuance. The design mirrors a documented Boalemo REDD+ pilot previously scoped under Japan's Joint Crediting Mechanism.
Analyst briefing
Activities & scale The project covers 43,014 hectares in Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi, under Verra's VM0007 REDD+ Methodology Framework 6. Listed proponent is 'Multiple Proponents,' consistent with a landscape-level design that layers avoided-deforestation accounting onto cacao agroforestry extension. The scale roughly matches the size of the Nantu-Boliyohuto / Paguat-Popayato landscape (257,000 ha total forest across Pohuwato and Boalemo regencies), where Burung Indonesia and partners have been running a Fermented Cocoa conservation-entrepreneurship program since 2009 47.
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Integrity score
Moderate
v1 methodology, calibrating. Last computed 2026-06-10.
Registries
Issuances
Pipeline — no issuances recorded.
Retirements
—
Total retired
No retirements recorded.
Satellite alerts (last 90 days)
Total
1.203
High confidence
0
Nominal confidence
0
Score methodology
Score computed 2026-06-10 from inputs: alerts last 90 days (1203), high-confidence alerts (0), registries (1), years since validation (unknown).
Methodology v1. Weights: validation recency 25%, reversal risk 35%, community flags 20%, transparency 20%. See full methodology →