WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ An article published in Britain's Guardian newspaper on 18 January 2023 includes numerous inaccuracies and distortions that misrepresent the activities of Verra, a non-profit organization that operates standards in environmental and social markets, to address deforestation in tropical forest countries. These are the findings published today in a Technical Reviewconducted by Verra's most senior experts, who have assessed the article and the three studies on which it draws. They found that the Guardian article makes sensational claims about the value of carbon credits issued by Verra for rainforest offset projects, also known as REDD projects. These claims have been echoed by other media, such as Die Zeit. The Technical Review has found that the Guardian article and two of the three studies, each led by the same scientist from the University of Amsterdam, Dr Thales West, are "patently unreliable" because they contain multiple seri