Official Statement No. 1 – Appropriate use of Biomass Expansion Factor default values
This statement establishes Cercarbono’s technical guidance on the correct application of Biomass Expansion Factor (BEF) default values from the IPCC 2003 Good Practice Guidance in GHG removal calculations for forestry projects. It clarifies, step by step, the criteria for selecting conservative default values in line with the programme’s requirements and the Clean Development Mechanism’s methodological guidelines.
