The Centralized National Risk Assessments (CNRA) process provides risk designations for organizations sourcing Controlled Wood in FSC Chain of Custody systems and mitigates the risk to the 5 main controlled wood categories.
This process forms the basis for National Risk Assessments, which are conducted in greater detail at the national level. FSC International has assessed the following categories and associated risk in Canada:
- Category 1: Illegally harvested wood.
Assessment: Low Risk - Category 2: Wood harvested in violation of traditional and human rights.
Assessment: Specified risk was determined for both labor rights and indigenous rights - Category 5: Wood from forests in which genetically modified trees are planted.
Assessment: Low Risk
Why did FSC International complete these draft assessments?
The CNRA process was initiated by FSC to assist the top 20 priority countries in sourcing controlled wood. This process forms the basis for Canada’s National Risk Assessment, to be conducted in greater detail. FSC also plans to host public consultations for categories 3 and 4 at a later date.
How will our feedback be applied to the Canadian National Risk Assessment?
Your feedback will be utilized by FSC Canada in the development of its National Risk Assessment planned for consultation during the Spring / Summer 2015. This is a draft assessment and not final. All feedback is very important and will help define the final risk categories in Canada.
What steps has Canada taken to develop its National Risk Assessment?
FSC Canada has formed a chamber balanced National Risk Assessment Working Group and more information on the National Risk Assessment development can be found here or by contacting Orrin Quinn, o.quinn@ca.fsc.org
How can interested stakeholders provide feedback?
The Canadian risk assessments can be downloaded from here and contain blank spaces for each indicator, where stakeholders can agree or disagree with the assessment. Disagreements should be supported with relevant evidence that explains why a designation may be incorrect. All comments (and any questions) should be sent to Darren Brown at d.brown@fsc.org by April 2, 2015.
What will happen after the consultation?
All feedback received will be used to finalize the assessments before they are formally approved by FSC International in June 2015. Finalized results will eventually be published on the FSC website, as well as on the updated version of the Global Forest Registry.[/list]