Contrary to the legal method requirements, 95% of credited area cells are located on land that has not previously been comprehensively cleared, meaning the projects are trying to regenerate native forests on uncleared land which may have never contained forests.
It seems its been a failure to oversee market operation with an effective organisation in the position of market regulator.
Just think of the price these schemes could be demanding per tonne now if there was widespread trust in the system reliably delivering its proposed benefits.
In so many cases these great ideas are let down by a lack of knowledge or care about the effectiveness of well implemented and ongoing institutional regulation.