FSC Facts & Figures

July 4, 2017

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Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

Oceania3.9% of total FSC-certified area

( 7,680,505 ha )

50 certificates

Africa

Europe

48.1% of total FSC-certified area

( 95,606,240 ha )

675 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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34.8% of total FSC-certified area

( 69,215,038 ha )

245 certificates

7.2% of total FSC-certified area

( 14,269,519 ha )

258 certificates

1.3% of total FSC-certified area( 2,666,045 ha )41 certificates

4.7% of total FSC-certified area

( 9,378,344 ha )

238 certificates

Total certified area:

No. countries:

Total no. certificates:

198,815,691 ha

83

1,507

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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

3,447GHANA 150,753MOZAMBIQUE 2

225,477NAMIBIA 53,137SIERRA LEONE 1

1,400,584SOUTH AFRICA 20120,674SWAZILAND 4183,697TANZANIA, UNITED 3

40,875UGANDA 3

7,680,505 50Total

Total area (ha) No.Asia

7,896CAMBODIA 1873,389CHINA 72509,927INDIA 8

3,773,747INDONESIA 36400,814JAPAN 36392,291KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 8

13,555LAOS 2743,544MALAYSIA 14

17,522SRI LANKA 31,677TAIWAN 5

63,374THAILAND 152,350,078TURKEY 7

230,530VIETNAM 31

9,378,344 238Total

Total area (ha) No.Europe

587AUSTRIA 28,617,328BELARUS 60

23,259BELGIUM 21,532,625BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 51,290,198BULGARIA 242,039,241CROATIA 3

52,582CZECH REPUBLIC 5209,107DENMARK 5

1,414,258ESTONIA 81,365,799FINLAND 8

39,858FRANCE 61,148,895GERMANY 56

304,428HUNGARY 6446,647IRELAND 2

65,188ITALY 171,015,950LATVIA 141,094,502LITHUANIA 45

20,080LUXEMBOURG 2169,647NETHERLANDS 4444,426NORWAY 5

6,926,146POLAND 18378,424PORTUGAL 31

2,630,427ROMANIA 2344,624,107RUSSIA 148

963,955SERBIA 3146,832SLOVAKIA 10260,269SLOVENIA 2250,984SPAIN 27

12,142,642SWEDEN 24613,345SWITZERLAND 8

3,764,071UKRAINE 671,610,434UNITED KINGDOM 35

95,606,240 675Total

Total area (ha) No.Latin America &Caribbean

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

7,076,294BRAZIL 1152,278,629CHILE 21

132,485COLOMBIA 941,870COSTA RICA 17

365DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 156,604ECUADOR 4

439,022GUATEMALA 10371,680GUYANA 1

17,815HONDURAS 125,931NICARAGUA 722,501PANAMA 838,880PARAGUAY 4

669,724PERU 10363,090SURINAME 4931,801URUGUAY 23155,839VENEZUELA 2

14,269,519 258Total

Total area (ha) No.North America

54,814,880CANADA 66849,615MEXICO 73

13,550,543UNITED STATES 106

69,215,038 245Total

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Total area (ha) No.Oceania

1,231,259AUSTRALIA 1485,385FIJI 1

1,271,380NEW ZEALAND 2137,575PAPUA NEW GUINEA 340,446SOLOMON ISLANDS 2

2,666,045 41Total

Number of countries:

Total number of certificates:

Total FSC-certified forest area: 198,815,691

1,507

834

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Number of FSC CoC certificates

Oceania

194 FSC CoC certificates

Africa

Europe

17,264 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: 04.07.2017

3,558 FSC CoC certificates

1,477 FSC CoC certificates421 FSC CoC certificates

9,656 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:32,570Total no. of certificates:

123

4.5% of total FSC CoC Certificates

10.9% of total FSC CoC Certificates53% of total FSC CoC certificates

0.6% of total FSC CoC certificates1.3% of total FSC CoC certificates

29.6% 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 9CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 3EGYPT 30GABON 10GHANA 6KENYA 1MADAGASCAR 1MAURITIUS 1MOROCCO 3MOZAMBIQUE 2NAMIBIA 3SEYCHELLES 3SOUTH AFRICA 114SWAZILAND 2TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 1TUNISIA 3ZIMBABWE 1

194Total

Asia No.BAHRAIN 1BANGLADESH 75CAMBODIA 2CHINA 5,130HONG KONG 633INDIA 361INDONESIA 252ISRAEL 23JAPAN 1,234KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 268KUWAIT 1LAOS 3LEBANON 19MACAU 2MALAYSIA 180

MYANMAR 1NEPAL 1OMAN 5PAKISTAN 19PHILIPPINES 12QATAR 16SAUDI ARABIA 14SINGAPORE 124SRI LANKA 29TAIWAN 205THAILAND 118TURKEY 272UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 105VIETNAM 551

9,656Total

Europe No.ALBANIA 1AUSTRIA 284BELARUS 115BELGIUM 285BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 311BULGARIA 157CROATIA 271CYPRUS 11CZECH REPUBLIC 210DENMARK 295ESTONIA 253FINLAND 121FRANCE 750GERMANY 2,217GIBRALTAR 1GREECE 63HUNGARY 139IRELAND 120ITALY 2,154LATVIA 313

LIECHTENSTEIN 5LITHUANIA 281LUXEMBOURG 12MACEDONIA 4MALTA 14MONACO 3NETHERLANDS 1,226NORWAY 54POLAND 1,555PORTUGAL 247ROMANIA 602RUSSIA 447SAN MARINO 3SERBIA 163SLOVAKIA 131SLOVENIA 218SPAIN 893SWEDEN 337SWITZERLAND 470UKRAINE 178UNITED KINGDOM 2,350

17,264Total

Latin America & Caribbean No.ARGENTINA 115BAHAMAS 1BELIZE 2BOLIVIA 11BRAZIL 1,034BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 9CAYMAN ISLANDS 1CHILE 148COLOMBIA 28COSTA RICA 8DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2ECUADOR 13EL SALVADOR 3

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GUATEMALA 10GUYANA 4HONDURAS 2PANAMA 3PARAGUAY 6PERU 39PUERTO RICO 3SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1SURINAME 6TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 1URUGUAY 21VENEZUELA 6

1,477Total

North America No.CANADA 715MEXICO 145UNITED STATES 2,698

3,558Total

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

421Total

Number of Countries: 123

Total number of certificates: 32,570

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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.

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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