Registries and project types

Search Gold Standard GS4GG, Verra (VCS) and ICR documents for five types of carbon project.

Three registries, one search

Each registry’s project documents, gathered from its own published sources into one list.

Logos identify each registry’s documents and do not imply a partnership.

Choose any registry and any project type, and the Doc Finder lists the documents for that pair.

Project type

Afforestation (ARR)Afforestation and reforestation (ARR)

Soil organic carbonSoil organic carbon

Blue carbonBlue carbon

REDD+REDD+

AgricultureAgriculture

All fifteen pairs can be searched on the free plan.

Choose the project type that matches your carbon credit project to see the documents it needs.

Afforestation (ARR)
Planting new forests and replanting trees on land that was cleared.
Soil organic carbon
Land management that builds organic carbon in cropland and grassland soils.
Blue carbon
Protecting and restoring mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass along the coast.
REDD+
Keeping forests standing to cut emissions from deforestation and degradation.
Agriculture
Farming practices that cut emissions from cropland, rice paddies and grazing land.

CarbonCompass finds and sorts registry documents; the documents themselves stay with each registry.

Opens at the source
Every document links to the registry’s own published page, so you always read the original.
Sorted into five sections
Core documents, methodologies, templates, activity requirements and other documents, always in that order.
Every document in Pro
The free plan previews each section; Pro lists every document and adds checklist downloads.

Pick a registry and a project type, and see the documents your project needs.