Common use of Vulnerability Assessment Clause in Contracts

Vulnerability Assessment. Based on the potential current and future climate change impacts to sustainable forest management, a workshop will be held with the Woodlands Staff facilitating discussions to identify where the NFMC forest management system is vulnerable to climate change (adaptation is needed), and where opportunities for positive impacts could occur (enhanced by adaptation). Each impact will be ranked based on the potential effect (exposure and sensitivity) on the system and whether the system is resilient17 and has the adaptive capacity18 to cope with the impact. Uncertainties19 and knowledge gaps are considered vulnerabilities. The vulnerability rankings will be subjective and based on the information and knowledge available (including engagement feedback) to the Woodlands Staff at that time. Once the climate change impacts have been ranked based on vulnerability, the Woodlands Staff will narrow down which impacts are most vulnerable and require adaptations. The vulnerability assessment allows the Woodlands Staff to focus on impacts where they can influence the most change.