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title: "Explanation on the Geodata Validation and Risk Assessment Process"
slug: "explanation-on-the-geodata-validation-and-risk-assessment-process"
updated: 2025-10-16T10:54:42Z
published: 2025-10-16T10:54:42Z
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# Explanation on the Geodata Validation and Risk Assessment Process

| **Available in:** | [Français](https://knowledge.rainforest-alliance.org/docs/fr/explanation-on-the-geodata-validation-and-risk-assessment-process) |
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This document gives further explanation to group Certificate Holders (CHs) on:

1. How to complete the applicable information in tab 3 of the GMR on geolocation data
2. How to upload the GMR in the Rainforest Alliance Certification Platform (RACP) and
3. How the deforestation and encroachment risk assessments are received and what to do with them

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