FSC Facts & Figures

November 2, 2017

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Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

Oceania3.9% of total FSC-certified area

( 7,672,892 ha )

51 certificates

Africa

Europe

48.4% of total FSC-certified area

( 94,088,493 ha )

693 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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34.9% of total FSC-certified area

( 67,814,448 ha )

245 certificates

7% of total FSC-certified area

( 13,627,313 ha )

257 certificates

1.4% of total FSC-certified area( 2,645,417 ha )40 certificates

4.4% of total FSC-certified area

( 8,629,453 ha )

233 certificates

Total certified area:

No. countries:

Total no. certificates:

194,478,017 ha

84

1,519

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

Total area (ha) No.Africa

1,130,301CAMEROON 42,478,943CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 42,042,616GABON 3

11,517GHANA 21,298MADAGASCAR 1

50,753MOZAMBIQUE 2215,399NAMIBIA 5

3,137SIERRA LEONE 11,420,574SOUTH AFRICA 20

123,824SWAZILAND 4153,655TANZANIA, UNITED 2

40,875UGANDA 3

7,672,892 51Total

Total area (ha) No.Asia

7,896CAMBODIA 1979,809CHINA 71521,510INDIA 7

2,930,685INDONESIA 38402,575JAPAN 36395,871KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 8

13,555LAOS 2755,404MALAYSIA 13

17,501SRI LANKA 31,677TAIWAN 5

34,826THAILAND 132,350,078TURKEY 7

218,065VIETNAM 29

8,629,453 233Total

Total area (ha) No.Europe

587AUSTRIA 28,339,774BELARUS 58

23,621BELGIUM 31,532,625BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 51,315,594BULGARIA 252,044,714CROATIA 3

52,729CZECH REPUBLIC 5211,402DENMARK 4

1,428,767ESTONIA 81,478,032FINLAND 7

43,383FRANCE 71,156,053GERMANY 59

304,428HUNGARY 6446,222IRELAND 2

63,744ITALY 171,022,196LATVIA 151,123,929LITHUANIA 46

22,062LUXEMBOURG 3169,647NETHERLANDS 4444,654NORWAY 5

6,936,266POLAND 19386,883PORTUGAL 34

2,659,320ROMANIA 2643,005,468RUSSIA 146

963,955SERBIA 3146,832SLOVAKIA 10264,971SLOVENIA 2260,399SPAIN 27

12,255,794SWEDEN 23615,332SWITZERLAND 8

3,750,048UKRAINE 771,619,063UNITED KINGDOM 34

94,088,493 693Total

Total area (ha) No.Latin America &Caribbean

468,003ARGENTINA 11197,122BELIZE 2981,862BOLIVIA 8

6,298,242BRAZIL 1132,279,928CHILE 23

152,543COLOMBIA 1040,029COSTA RICA 15

365DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 157,466ECUADOR 4

507,822GUATEMALA 11371,680GUYANA 1

17,815HONDURAS 126,881NICARAGUA 722,501PANAMA 838,880PARAGUAY 4

704,102PERU 10363,090SURINAME 4943,141URUGUAY 22155,839VENEZUELA 2

13,627,313 257Total

Total area (ha) No.North America

53,663,701CANADA 64659,558MEXICO 74

13,491,190UNITED STATES 107

67,814,448 245Total

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Total area (ha) No.Oceania

1,211,630AUSTRALIA 1385,385FIJI 1

1,270,381NEW ZEALAND 2137,575PAPUA NEW GUINEA 340,446SOLOMON ISLANDS 2

2,645,417 40Total

Number of countries:

Total number of certificates:

Total FSC-certified forest area: 194,478,017

1,519

844

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Number of FSC CoC certificates

Oceania

197 FSC CoC certificates

Africa

Europe

17,592 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: 02.11.2017

3,522 FSC CoC certificates

1,487 FSC CoC certificates413 FSC CoC certificates

10,133 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:33,344Total no. of certificates:

120

4.5% of total FSC CoC Certificates

10.6% of total FSC CoC Certificates52.8% of total FSC CoC certificates

0.6% of total FSC CoC certificates1.2% of total FSC CoC certificates

30.4% 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.ALGERIA 1CAMEROON 10CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 3EGYPT 29GABON 10GHANA 6KENYA 1MADAGASCAR 1MAURITIUS 1MOROCCO 4MOZAMBIQUE 2NAMIBIA 4SEYCHELLES 3SOUTH AFRICA 114SWAZILAND 2TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 1TUNISIA 4ZIMBABWE 1

197Total

Asia No.BAHRAIN 1BANGLADESH 77CAMBODIA 2CHINA 5,447HONG KONG 636INDIA 394INDONESIA 254ISRAEL 22JAPAN 1,281KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 261KUWAIT 1LAOS 3LEBANON 23MACAU 2MALAYSIA 185

MYANMAR 1NEPAL 2OMAN 5PAKISTAN 19PHILIPPINES 13QATAR 15SAUDI ARABIA 15SINGAPORE 129SRI LANKA 31TAIWAN 213THAILAND 132TURKEY 282UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 116VIETNAM 571

10,133Total

Europe No.ALBANIA 2AUSTRIA 285BELARUS 116BELGIUM 282BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 308BULGARIA 260CROATIA 274CYPRUS 12CZECH REPUBLIC 223DENMARK 297ESTONIA 256FINLAND 122FRANCE 733GERMANY 2,221GIBRALTAR 1GREECE 71HUNGARY 143IRELAND 124ITALY 2,205LATVIA 318

LIECHTENSTEIN 5LITHUANIA 288LUXEMBOURG 12MACEDONIA 5MALTA 13MONACO 3NETHERLANDS 1,212NORWAY 54POLAND 1,629PORTUGAL 257ROMANIA 631RUSSIA 445SAN MARINO 4SERBIA 161SLOVAKIA 134SLOVENIA 215SPAIN 904SWEDEN 344SWITZERLAND 468UKRAINE 199UNITED KINGDOM 2,356

17,592Total

Latin America & Caribbean No.ARGENTINA 119BAHAMAS 1BELIZE 1BOLIVIA 12BRAZIL 1,024BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 8CAYMAN ISLANDS 1CHILE 159COLOMBIA 29COSTA RICA 8DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2ECUADOR 16EL SALVADOR 4

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GUATEMALA 12GUYANA 4HONDURAS 3PANAMA 3PARAGUAY 6PERU 40PUERTO RICO 2SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1SURINAME 6URUGUAY 20VENEZUELA 6

1,487Total

North America No.CANADA 706MEXICO 143UNITED STATES 2,673

3,522Total

Oceania No.AUSTRALIA 263FIJI 2NEW ZEALAND 145PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2SAMOA 1

413Total

Number of Countries: 120

Total number of certificates: 33,344

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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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