FSC Facts & Figures

September 12, 2016

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Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

Oceania4% of total FSC-certified area( 7,613,554 ha )52 certificates

Africa

Europe

47.7% of total FSC-certified area( 90,943,663 ha )612 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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35.8% of total FSC-certified area( 68,217,276 ha )243 certificates

6.7% of total FSC-certified area( 12,842,813 ha )246 certificates

1.4% of total FSC-certified area( 2,680,744 ha )41 certificates

4.4% of total FSC-certified area( 8,405,169 ha )222 certificates

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

190,703,219 ha821,416

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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 2147,851NAMIBIA 4

1,477,119SOUTH AFRICA 23124,185SWAZILAND 4172,052TANZANIA, UNITED 3

38,975UGANDA 3

7,613,554 52Total

Total area (ha) No.Asia

7,896CAMBODIA 1916,816CHINA 76759,910INDIA 10

2,640,627INDONESIA 32393,734JAPAN 33390,568KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 8

317LAOS 1676,150MALAYSIA 12

14,603SRI LANKA 2976TAIWAN 2

61,830THAILAND 172,365,753TURKEY 8

175,988VIETNAM 20

8,405,169 222Total

Total area (ha) No.Europe

587AUSTRIA 28,081,360BELARUS 52

23,259BELGIUM 21,495,753BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 4

561,685BULGARIA 172,039,223CROATIA 3

50,027CZECH REPUBLIC 4214,059DENMARK 5

1,264,498ESTONIA 71,313,656FINLAND 6

33,609FRANCE 81,134,529GERMANY 57

304,273HUNGARY 6446,647IRELAND 2

43,271ITALY 151,299,477LATVIA 141,085,494LITHUANIA 43

21,446LUXEMBOURG 3136,311NETHERLANDS 3418,232NORWAY 5

6,937,453POLAND 18369,486PORTUGAL 23

2,563,139ROMANIA 1742,406,122RUSSIA 141

1,001,347SERBIA 3149,387SLOVAKIA 8260,291SLOVENIA 2243,405SPAIN 30

12,277,370SWEDEN 24606,535SWITZERLAND 8

2,558,666UKRAINE 411,603,067UNITED KINGDOM 39

90,943,663 612Total

Total area (ha) No.Latin America &Caribbean

461,446ARGENTINA 12197,122BELIZE 2890,375BOLIVIA 8

6,157,030BRAZIL 1102,312,948CHILE 21

143,926COLOMBIA 1044,165COSTA RICA 14

365DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 155,544ECUADOR 4

497,968GUATEMALA 820,164HONDURAS 121,783NICARAGUA 722,077PANAMA 827,603PARAGUAY 3

482,480PERU 7386,200SURINAME 4965,778URUGUAY 24155,839VENEZUELA 2

12,842,813 246Total

Total area (ha) No.North America

53,604,423CANADA 67882,097MEXICO 64

13,730,755UNITED STATES 112

68,217,276 243Total

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Total area (ha) No.Oceania

1,233,769AUSTRALIA 1485,385FIJI 1

1,283,569NEW ZEALAND 2137,575PAPUA NEW GUINEA 340,446SOLOMON ISLANDS 2

2,680,744 41Total

Number of countries:

Total number of certificates:

Total FSC-certified forest area: 190,703,219

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Number of FSC CoC certificates

Oceania

173 FSC CoC certificates

Africa

Europe

16,545 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: 12.09.2016

3,701 FSC CoC certificates

1,514 FSC CoC certificates422 FSC CoC certificates

8,836 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:31,191Total no. of certificates:120

4.9% of total FSC CoC Certificates

11.9% of total FSC CoC Certificates53% of total FSC CoC certificates

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

28.3% 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 18GABON 10GHANA 4MADAGASCAR 1MAURITIUS 1MOROCCO 3MOZAMBIQUE 1NAMIBIA 3SEYCHELLES 2SOUTH AFRICA 111TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 1TUNISIA 5

173Total

Asia No.BAHRAIN 1BANGLADESH 51CAMBODIA 2CHINA 4,675HONG KONG 624INDIA 334INDONESIA 233ISRAEL 19JAPAN 1,083KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 259KUWAIT 1LAOS 1LEBANON 17MACAU 2MALAYSIA 171MYANMAR 1NEPAL 1OMAN 4

PAKISTAN 17PHILIPPINES 10QATAR 16SAUDI ARABIA 13SINGAPORE 121SRI LANKA 25TAIWAN 195THAILAND 108TURKEY 247UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 104VIETNAM 501

8,836Total

Europe No.ALBANIA 2AUSTRIA 285BELARUS 101BELGIUM 292BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 312BULGARIA 122CROATIA 258CYPRUS 12CZECH REPUBLIC 190DENMARK 269ESTONIA 239FINLAND 115FRANCE 764GERMANY 2,207GIBRALTAR 1GREECE 47HUNGARY 145IRELAND 111ITALY 2,021LATVIA 294LIECHTENSTEIN 4LITHUANIA 260

LUXEMBOURG 15MACEDONIA 3MALTA 13MONACO 3NETHERLANDS 1,256NORWAY 53POLAND 1,415PORTUGAL 214ROMANIA 473RUSSIA 417SAN MARINO 2SERBIA 138SLOVAKIA 125SLOVENIA 212SPAIN 827SWEDEN 332SWITZERLAND 480UKRAINE 133UNITED KINGDOM 2,383

16,545Total

Latin America & Caribbean No.ARGENTINA 113BAHAMAS 1BELIZE 2BOLIVIA 12BRAZIL 1,093BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 6CAYMAN ISLANDS 1CHILE 140COLOMBIA 28COSTA RICA 5DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2ECUADOR 13EL SALVADOR 1GUATEMALA 11

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GUYANA 4HONDURAS 2PANAMA 5PARAGUAY 6PERU 34PUERTO RICO 3SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1SURINAME 5TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 1URUGUAY 19VENEZUELA 6

1,514Total

North America No.CANADA 759MEXICO 126UNITED STATES 2,816

3,701Total

Oceania No.AUSTRALIA 264BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1FIJI 2GUAM 1NEW ZEALAND 150PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2SAMOA 1SOLOMON ISLANDS 1

422Total

Number of Countries: 120

Total number of certificates: 31,191

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Ten largest FSC certificates

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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.

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