FSC Facts & Figures

November 3, 2016

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Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

Oceania3.9v of total FSC-certified area

m 7,558,338 ha I

50 certificates

Africa

Europe

48.6v of total FSC-certified area

m 94,863,378 ha I

634 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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35.1v of total FSC-certified area

m 68,532,042 ha I

243 certificates

6.8v of total FSC-certified area

m 13,294,979 ha I

254 certificates

1.4v of total FSC-certified aream 2,682,859 ha I41 certificates

4.2v of total FSC-certified area

m 8,275,173 ha I

225 certificates

Total certified area:

No. countries:

Total no. certificates:

195,206,770 ha

83

1,447

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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

50,753MOZAMBIQUE 2147,851NAMIBIA 4

1,419,324SOUTH AFRICA 21124,185SWAZILAND 4172,052TANZANIA, UNITED 3

39,934UGANDA 3

7,558,338 50Total

Total area (ha) No.Asia

7,896CAMBODIA 1928,743CHINA 78508,216INDIA 8

2,748,684INDONESIA 32393,734JAPAN 33391,269KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 8

317LAOS 1676,150MALAYSIA 12

17,880SRI LANKA 31,437TAIWAN 3

61,830THAILAND 172,356,601TURKEY 7

182,417VIETNAM 22

8,275,173 225Total

Total area (ha) No.Europe

587AUSTRIA 28,495,463BELARUS 55

23,259BELGIUM 21,495,753BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 41,084,554BULGARIA 192,039,223CROATIA 3

50,027CZECH REPUBLIC 4214,059DENMARK 5

1,264,503ESTONIA 71,313,656FINLAND 6

33,660FRANCE 81,149,653GERMANY 57

304,273HUNGARY 6446,647IRELAND 2

43,271ITALY 151,299,477LATVIA 141,085,548LITHUANIA 43

21,446LUXEMBOURG 3170,259NETHERLANDS 4418,232NORWAY 5

6,937,426POLAND 18374,990PORTUGAL 24

2,591,243ROMANIA 2043,602,011RUSSIA 150

1,001,347SERBIA 3149,387SLOVAKIA 8260,291SLOVENIA 2

1,775,283SPAIN 2812,259,756SWEDEN 24

611,683SWITZERLAND 82,714,314UKRAINE 461,632,098UNITED KINGDOM 39

94,863,378 634Total

Total area (ha) No.Latin America &Caribbean

459,732ARGENTINA 12197,122BELIZE 2890,375BOLIVIA 8

6,264,291BRAZIL 1142,312,544CHILE 21

143,993COLOMBIA 1044,787COSTA RICA 15

365DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 144,401ECUADOR 3

499,781GUATEMALA 10371,680GUYANA 1

20,164HONDURAS 121,783NICARAGUA 722,077PANAMA 827,603PARAGUAY 3

482,745PERU 8362,740SURINAME 4972,956URUGUAY 24155,839VENEZUELA 2

13,294,979 254Total

Total area (ha) No.North America

53,927,404CANADA 66824,850MEXICO 66

13,779,788UNITED STATES 111

68,532,042 243Total

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Total area (ha) No.Oceania

1,235,885AUSTRALIA 1485,385FIJI 1

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

2,682,859 41Total

Number of countries:

Total number of certificates:

Total FSC-certified forest area: 195,206,770

1,447

834

5

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Number of FSC CoC certificates

Oceania

172 FSC CoC certificates

Africa

Europe

16,679 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: 03.11.2016

3,694 FSC CoC certificates

1,497 FSC CoC certificates427 FSC CoC certificates

9,016 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:31,485Total no. of certificates:

122

4.8: of total FSC CoC Certificates

11.7: of total FSC CoC Certificates53: of total FSC CoC certificates

0.5: of total FSC CoC certificates1.4: of total FSC CoC certificates

28.6: 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 2EGYPT 18GABON 9GHANA 4MADAGASCAR 1MAURITIUS 1MOROCCO 3MOZAMBIQUE 1NAMIBIA 3SEYCHELLES 2SOUTH AFRICA 110SWAZILAND 1TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 1TUNISIA 5

172Total

Asia No.BAHRAIN 1BANGLADESH 56CAMBODIA 2CHINA 4,763HONG KONG 619INDIA 345INDONESIA 238ISRAEL 20JAPAN 1,103KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 272KUWAIT 1LAOS 1LEBANON 18MACAU 2MALAYSIA 178MYANMAR 1

NEPAL 1OMAN 4PAKISTAN 17PHILIPPINES 10QATAR 16SAUDI ARABIA 13SINGAPORE 124SRI LANKA 26TAIWAN 199THAILAND 113TURKEY 251UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 106VIETNAM 516

9,016Total

Europe No.ALBANIA 2AUSTRIA 282BELARUS 105BELGIUM 289BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 315BULGARIA 129CROATIA 256CYPRUS 12CZECH REPUBLIC 190DENMARK 276ESTONIA 242FINLAND 117FRANCE 748GERMANY 2,203GIBRALTAR 1GREECE 52HUNGARY 147IRELAND 111ITALY 2,036LATVIA 300

LIECHTENSTEIN 4LITHUANIA 263LUXEMBOURG 15MACEDONIA 3MALTA 13MONACO 3NETHERLANDS 1,250NORWAY 53POLAND 1,450PORTUGAL 216ROMANIA 507RUSSIA 431SAN MARINO 2SERBIA 143SLOVAKIA 126SLOVENIA 214SPAIN 837SWEDEN 337SWITZERLAND 476UKRAINE 140UNITED KINGDOM 2,383

16,679Total

Latin America & Caribbean No.ARGENTINA 110BAHAMAS 1BELIZE 2BOLIVIA 11BRAZIL 1,078BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 6CAYMAN ISLANDS 1CHILE 142COLOMBIA 29COSTA RICA 4DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2ECUADOR 13

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EL SALVADOR 1GUATEMALA 11GUYANA 4HONDURAS 1PANAMA 4PARAGUAY 6PERU 36PUERTO RICO 3SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1SURINAME 5TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 1URUGUAY 19VENEZUELA 6

1,497Total

North America No.CANADA 757MEXICO 127UNITED STATES 2,810

3,694Total

Oceania No.AUSTRALIA 270BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1FIJI 2GUAM 1NEW ZEALAND 149PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2SAMOA 1SOLOMON ISLANDS 1

427Total

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Number of Countries: 122

Total number of certificates: 31,485

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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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