FSC Canada National Risk Assessment
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FSC National Risk Assessment For Canada DEVELOPED ACCORDING TO PROCEDURE FSC-PRO-60-002 V3-0 Version V2-1 Code FSC-NRA-CA V2-1 National Approval National Decision Body: FSC Canada Board of Directors Date: October 03, 2019 International Approval FSC International Center: Performance and Standards Unit Date: November 05, 2019 (updated 31 July 2020) International Contact FSC International Center: Performance and Standards Unit [email protected] Period of Validity November 05, 2019 + 5 years Body Responsible for NRA FSC Canada Maintenance Vivian Peachey, Director of Standards [email protected] FSC-NRA-CA V2-1 NATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR CANADA 2020 – 1 of 162 – Contents Summary of Risk ............................................................................................................................... 3 Preamble ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Controlled Wood Category 1: Illegally Harvested Wood ............................................................... 10 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................ 10 Sources of Legal Timber in Canada .................................................................................................................. 11 Risk Assessment ............................................................................................................................................... 12 Control Measures .............................................................................................................................................. 48 Controlled Wood Category 2: Wood harvested in violation of traditional and human rights .... 49 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................ 49 Category 2 Summary of Risk Assessment ........................................................................................................ 51 Control Measures .............................................................................................................................................. 51 Risk Assessment ............................................................................................................................................... 53 General Information Sources ......................................................................................................................................... 53 Indicator 2.1 Sources of Information and Detailed Analysis ........................................................................................... 56 Indicator 2.2 Sources of Information and Detailed Analysis ........................................................................................... 58 Indicator 2.3 Sources of Information and Detailed Analysis ........................................................................................... 67 Controlled Wood Category 3: Wood from forests in which high conservation values are threatened by management activities ............................................................................................ 80 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................ 80 Summary of the Risk Assessment for Category 3 ............................................................................................ 86 Risk Assessment ............................................................................................................................................... 88 Indicator 3.1 – HCV 1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 89 Indicator 3.2 – HCV 2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 96 Indicator 3.3 – HCV 3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 98 Indicator 3.4 – HCV 4 ..................................................................................................................................................... 99 Indicator 3.5 – HCV 5 ................................................................................................................................................... 110 Indicator 3.6 – HCV 6 ................................................................................................................................................... 119 Control Measures ............................................................................................................................................ 123 References & Information Sources ................................................................................................................. 130 Experts Contacted ........................................................................................................................................................ 130 National Level Data Sources Common to All Provinces and Territories ....................................................................... 132 Provincial Information Sources..................................................................................................................................... 136 Appendix I: Map of Canada’s Terrestrial Ecoregions ...................................................................................... 144 Appendix II: Forested Ecoregions in Canada - Scientific Codes .................................................................... 145 Appendix III: Map of Specified Risk IFLs ........................................................................................................ 146 Controlled Wood Category 4: Wood from forests being converted to plantations or non-forest use .................................................................................................................................................. 147 Overview .......................................................................................................................................................... 147 Risk Assessment ............................................................................................................................................. 148 Control Measures ............................................................................................................................................ 154 Experts Contacted ........................................................................................................................................... 155 Controlled Wood Category 5: Wood from forests in which genetically modified trees are planted............................................................................................................................................ 156 Overview .......................................................................................................................................................... 156 Risk Assessment ............................................................................................................................................. 157 Control Measures ............................................................................................................................................ 161 Update and Revision History ........................................................................................................ 162 1. Updates .................................................................................................................................................... 162 2. Revisions ................................................................................................................................................. 162 FSC-NRA-CA V2-1 NATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR CANADA 2020 – 2 of 162 – Summary of Risk Indicator Risk Designation Category 1: Illegally harvested wood 1.1 Low Risk for Canada 1.2 Low Risk for Canada 1.3 Low Risk for Canada 1.4 Low Risk for Canada 1.5 Low Risk for Canada 1.6 Low Risk for Canada 1.7 Low Risk for Canada 1.8 Low Risk for Canada 1.9 Low Risk for Canada 1.10 Low Risk for Canada 1.11 Low Risk for Canada 1.12 Low Risk for Canada 1.13 Low Risk for Canada 1.14 Low Risk for Canada 1.15 Low Risk for Canada 1.16 Low Risk for Canada 1.17 Low Risk for Canada 1.18 Low Risk for Canada 1.19 Low Risk for Canada 1.20 Low Risk for Canada 1.21 Low Risk for Canada Category 2: Wood harvested in violation of traditional and human rights 2.1 Low Risk for Canada 2.2 Low Risk for Canada 2.3 Specified Risk for Canada Category 3: Wood from forests where high conservation values are threatened by management activities 3.0 Low Risk for Canada 3.1 Specified Risk for the following ecoregions: • Southern Great Lakes forest • Eastern Great Lake lowland forest • Central Pacific coastal forest • Eastern Canadian forest • New England Acadian forest • Puget Lowland forest • Eastern Canadian Shield taiga • Central Canadian Shield forests • Eastern forest-boreal transition • Midwestern Canadian Shield forest • Mid-Continental Canadian forests • Southern Hudson Bay taiga • Northern Canadian Shield taiga • Canadian Aspen forests and parklands