FSC Facts & Figures

July 4, 2016

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Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

Oceania4% of total FSC-certified area( 7,601,250 ha )52 certificates

Africa

Europe

47.5% of total FSC-certified area( 90,695,473 ha )605 certificates

AsiaNorth America

South America & Caribbean

Global FSC-certified forest area

100 - 99,999

No FSC certified forest

250,000 - 499,999

100,000 - 249,999

750,000 - 999,999

500,000 - 749,999

2,500,000 - 4,999,999

1,000,000 - 2,499,999

7,500,000 - 9,999,999

5,000,000 - 7,499,999

10,000,000 and above

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36% of total FSC-certified area( 68,794,417 ha )250 certificates

6.7% of total FSC-certified area( 12,874,872 ha )245 certificates

1.4% of total FSC-certified area( 2,660,774 ha )38 certificates

4.4% of total FSC-certified area( 8,397,004 ha )212 certificates

Total certified area:No. countries:Total no. certificates:

191,023,790 ha811,402

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Global FSC-certified Area and Number of Certificates: by region and country

Total area (ha) No.Africa

940,945CAMEROON 42,625,003CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 42,033,627GABON 3

3,367GHANA 11,298MADAGASCAR 1

49,132MOZAMBIQUE 2152,888NAMIBIA 4

1,459,436SOUTH AFRICA 23124,527SWAZILAND 4172,052TANZANIA, UNITED 3

38,975UGANDA 3

7,601,250 52Total

Total area (ha) No.Asia

12,746CAMBODIA 1887,104CHINA 70754,911INDIA 10

2,681,500INDONESIA 34393,603JAPAN 33390,568KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 8

317LAOS 1675,810MALAYSIA 12

14,603SRI LANKA 2976TAIWAN 2

61,795THAILAND 172,365,753TURKEY 8

157,317VIETNAM 14

8,397,004 212Total

Total area (ha) No.Europe

587AUSTRIA 28,278,669BELARUS 43

23,259BELGIUM 21,495,526BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 4

561,685BULGARIA 172,039,223CROATIA 3

49,902CZECH REPUBLIC 4214,059DENMARK 5

1,264,498ESTONIA 71,233,604FINLAND 6

149,700FRANCE 81,055,073GERMANY 58

304,273HUNGARY 6446,647IRELAND 2

41,444ITALY 151,702,655LATVIA 151,083,790LITHUANIA 43

21,521LUXEMBOURG 3136,311NETHERLANDS 3417,899NORWAY 5

6,939,250POLAND 18371,426PORTUGAL 25

2,523,707ROMANIA 1541,277,466RUSSIA 138

1,001,347SERBIA 3149,387SLOVAKIA 8260,291SLOVENIA 2247,200SPAIN 33

12,216,619SWEDEN 24606,348SWITZERLAND 8

2,992,592UKRAINE 411,589,518UNITED KINGDOM 39

90,695,473 605Total

Total area (ha) No.Latin America &Caribbean

448,514ARGENTINA 11197,122BELIZE 2890,375BOLIVIA 8

6,176,239BRAZIL 1102,303,158CHILE 22

144,024COLOMBIA 1046,677COSTA RICA 1455,544ECUADOR 4

497,968GUATEMALA 820,164HONDURAS 121,696NICARAGUA 742,884PANAMA 925,022PARAGUAY 3

498,837PERU 7386,200SURINAME 4964,608URUGUAY 23155,839VENEZUELA 2

12,874,872 245Total

Total area (ha) No.North America

54,091,054CANADA 69921,387MEXICO 65

13,781,975UNITED STATES 116

68,794,417 250Total

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Total area (ha) No.Oceania

1,235,677AUSTRALIA 1485,385FIJI 1

1,263,820NEW ZEALAND 1936,491PAPUA NEW GUINEA 339,401SOLOMON ISLANDS 1

2,660,774 38Total

Number of countries:

Total number of certificates:

Total FSC-certified forest area: 191,023,790

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Number of FSC CoC certificates

Oceania

175 FSC CoC certificates

Africa

Europe

16,359 FSC CoC certificates Asia

North America

South America & Caribbean

Global FSC Chain of Custody certificates

14 - 1

No CoC certficates

62 - 31

30 - 15

249 - 125

124 - 63

999 - 500

499 - 250

3,999 - 2,000

1,999 - 1,000

4,000 and above

Based on numbers from FSC InternationalCreated: 04.07.2016

3,707 FSC CoC certificates

1,491 FSC CoC certificates430 FSC CoC certificates

8,588 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:30,750Total no. of certificates:118

4.8% of total FSC CoC Certificates

12.1% of total FSC CoC Certificates53.2% of total FSC CoC certificates

0.6% of total FSC CoC certificates1.4% of total FSC CoC certificates

27.9% of total FSC CoC certificates

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Global FSC Chain of Custody certificates: by region and country

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Africa No.CAMEROON 11CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 2EGYPT 17GABON 10GHANA 4MADAGASCAR 1MAURITIUS 1MOROCCO 5MOZAMBIQUE 1NAMIBIA 3SEYCHELLES 3SOUTH AFRICA 111TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 1TUNISIA 5

175Total

Asia No.BAHRAIN 1BANGLADESH 48CAMBODIA 2CHINA 4,536HONG KONG 617INDIA 325INDONESIA 227ISRAEL 19JAPAN 1,055KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 260KUWAIT 1LAOS 1LEBANON 16MACAU 1MALAYSIA 175MYANMAR 1NEPAL 1OMAN 4

PAKISTAN 18PHILIPPINES 10QATAR 17SAUDI ARABIA 13SINGAPORE 120SRI LANKA 23TAIWAN 183THAILAND 104TURKEY 229UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 106VIETNAM 475

8,588Total

Europe No.ALBANIA 2AUSTRIA 279BELARUS 95BELGIUM 295BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 300BULGARIA 122CROATIA 258CYPRUS 12CZECH REPUBLIC 184DENMARK 263ESTONIA 239FINLAND 114FRANCE 773GERMANY 2,191GIBRALTAR 1GREECE 45HUNGARY 145IRELAND 109ITALY 2,010LATVIA 292LIECHTENSTEIN 4LITHUANIA 256

LUXEMBOURG 16MACEDONIA 3MALTA 13MONACO 3NETHERLANDS 1,261NORWAY 51POLAND 1,387PORTUGAL 207ROMANIA 436RUSSIA 399SAN MARINO 2SERBIA 133SLOVAKIA 122SLOVENIA 209SPAIN 812SWEDEN 333SWITZERLAND 479UKRAINE 121UNITED KINGDOM 2,383

16,359Total

Latin America & Caribbean No.ARGENTINA 116BELIZE 2BOLIVIA 12BRAZIL 1,081BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 5CAYMAN ISLANDS 1CHILE 135COLOMBIA 29COSTA RICA 5DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2ECUADOR 12GUATEMALA 11GUYANA 3HONDURAS 2

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PANAMA 4PARAGUAY 6PERU 33SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1SURINAME 6URUGUAY 19VENEZUELA 6

1,491Total

North America No.BAHAMAS 1CANADA 767MEXICO 119PUERTO RICO 3UNITED STATES 2,817

3,707Total

Oceania No.AUSTRALIA 268BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1FIJI 2GUAM 1NEW ZEALAND 154PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2SAMOA 1SOLOMON ISLANDS 1

430Total

Number of Countries: 118

Total number of certificates: 30,750

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Endnotes:

1 Total forest area in ha worldwide under FSC forest management certification (includes FM and FM/CoC certificates). 2 Total number of countries worldwide in which FSC forest management certificates (includes FM and FM/CoC certificates) are issued. 3 Total number of FSC forest management certificates (FM and FM/CoC) issued globally.4 Total number of countries worldwide in which FSC forest management certificates (FM and FM/CoC) are issued. 5 Total number of FSC forest management certificates (FM and FM/CoC) issued worldwide. 6 Total forest area in ha worldwide under FSC forest management certification (FM and FM/CoC). 7 Total number of countries worldwide in which FSC CoC certificates are issued. 8 Total number of FSC CoC certificates issued worldwide.9 Total number of countries worldwide in which FSC CoC certificates are issued10 Total number of FSC CoC certificates issued worldwide.

Note: Being FSC Forest Management certified means that the certified entity is verified by a third party to be in compliance with the

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