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Official Statement No. 1 from Cercarbono

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.

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Alex has over 20 years of experience in sustainability across the private sector and government. He served as a senior official at Colombia’s Ministry of Environment, where he led the National Circular Economy Strategy and represented the country on the OECD’s Environmental Policy Committee. A Fulbright scholar, he holds an MSc in Sustainable Development from the University of Maryland.