B.C.’s Ministry of Forests has approved a new way to calculate the amount of carbon in forests — what it says is a direct response to an auditor general investigation that found the province had failed to transparently do so in the past. …But according to… the auditor general, the ministry’s guidelines for calculating carbon projections — which in turn help it determine the allowable annual cut — contained “gaps in methodology.” On Tuesday, the Ministry of Forests said it had moved to address that failure. …The auditor general’s investigation had also found the ministry did not use a “defined methodology” when it calculated the carbon impact of investments under the Forest Investment Program. …But the audit found the ministry used a methodology that “wasn’t specific enough to allow review or replication.” …The ministry said in a statement it is still working to solve that problem, and expects to complete a “defined and approved methodology” this year.

BC Government Press Release by The Ministry of Forests: B.C. sets standard method to measure forest carbon