FSC Facts & Figures

April 3, 2017

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Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

Oceania3.9% of total FSC-certified area

( 7,555,121 ha )

48 certificates

Africa

Europe

47.9% of total FSC-certified area

( 92,932,271 ha )

656 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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35.6% of total FSC-certified area

( 69,055,731 ha )

249 certificates

6.9% of total FSC-certified area

( 13,306,482 ha )

252 certificates

1.4% of total FSC-certified area( 2,672,851 ha )41 certificates

4.3% of total FSC-certified area

( 8,341,909 ha )

237 certificates

Total certified area:

No. countries:

Total no. certificates:

193,864,364 ha

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1,483

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

Total area (ha) No.Africa

940,945CAMEROON 42,572,243CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 42,033,627GABON 3

3,367GHANA 150,753MOZAMBIQUE 2

211,147NAMIBIA 41,395,223SOUTH AFRICA 20

124,185SWAZILAND 4183,697TANZANIA, UNITED 3

39,934UGANDA 3

7,555,121 48Total

Total area (ha) No.Asia

7,896CAMBODIA 1894,869CHINA 77505,630INDIA 8

2,796,092INDONESIA 33400,744JAPAN 34391,315KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 8

13,555LAOS 2671,890MALAYSIA 12

17,522SRI LANKA 31,465TAIWAN 4

61,926THAILAND 172,350,078TURKEY 7

228,927VIETNAM 31

8,341,909 237Total

Total area (ha) No.Europe

587AUSTRIA 28,364,932BELARUS 56

1,654BELGIUM 11,532,625BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 51,122,680BULGARIA 222,039,241CROATIA 3

52,629CZECH REPUBLIC 5213,976DENMARK 5

1,370,289ESTONIA 71,365,799FINLAND 8

39,858FRANCE 61,154,387GERMANY 58

225,529HUNGARY 4446,647IRELAND 2

64,999ITALY 171,010,491LATVIA 131,094,310LITHUANIA 45

21,446LUXEMBOURG 3169,647NETHERLANDS 4444,426NORWAY 5

6,924,703POLAND 18373,016PORTUGAL 24

2,629,777ROMANIA 2342,628,507RUSSIA 145

963,955SERBIA 3146,832SLOVAKIA 10260,269SLOVENIA 2243,981SPAIN 30

12,142,642SWEDEN 24613,345SWITZERLAND 8

3,645,166UKRAINE 611,623,926UNITED KINGDOM 37

92,932,270 656Total

Total area (ha) No.Latin America &Caribbean

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

6,167,878BRAZIL 1132,313,947CHILE 21

155,361COLOMBIA 1142,601COSTA RICA 16

365DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 156,604ECUADOR 4

437,389GUATEMALA 9371,680GUYANA 1

17,815HONDURAS 122,414NICARAGUA 622,077PANAMA 826,795PARAGUAY 3

526,557PERU 8363,090SURINAME 4979,083URUGUAY 23155,839VENEZUELA 2

13,306,482 252Total

Total area (ha) No.North America

54,747,909CANADA 66881,794MEXICO 73

13,426,027UNITED STATES 110

69,055,731 249Total

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Total area (ha) No.Oceania

1,239,023AUSTRALIA 1485,385FIJI 1

1,270,421NEW ZEALAND 2137,575PAPUA NEW GUINEA 340,446SOLOMON ISLANDS 2

2,672,851 41Total

Number of countries:

Total number of certificates:

Total FSC-certified forest area: 193,864,364

1,483

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Number of FSC CoC certificates

Oceania

183 FSC CoC certificates

Africa

Europe

16,961 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: 03.04.2017

3,592 FSC CoC certificates

1,492 FSC CoC certificates420 FSC CoC certificates

9,361 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:32,009Total no. of certificates:

122

4.7% of total FSC CoC Certificates

11.2% of total FSC CoC Certificates53% of total FSC CoC certificates

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

29.2% 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 20GABON 9GHANA 4KENYA 1MADAGASCAR 1MAURITIUS 1MOROCCO 3MOZAMBIQUE 2NAMIBIA 3SEYCHELLES 3SOUTH AFRICA 117SWAZILAND 1TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 1TUNISIA 4

183Total

Asia No.BAHRAIN 1BANGLADESH 66CAMBODIA 1CHINA 4,972HONG KONG 620INDIA 354INDONESIA 239ISRAEL 22JAPAN 1,181KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 266KUWAIT 1LAOS 2LEBANON 18MACAU 2MALAYSIA 177

MYANMAR 1NEPAL 1OMAN 5PAKISTAN 18PHILIPPINES 11QATAR 17SAUDI ARABIA 14SINGAPORE 125SRI LANKA 29TAIWAN 199THAILAND 121TURKEY 261UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 101VIETNAM 536

9,361Total

Europe No.ALBANIA 1AUSTRIA 282BELARUS 107BELGIUM 281BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 318BULGARIA 145CROATIA 268CYPRUS 12CZECH REPUBLIC 201DENMARK 292ESTONIA 245FINLAND 120FRANCE 749GERMANY 2,207GIBRALTAR 1GREECE 56HUNGARY 142IRELAND 118ITALY 2,110

LATVIA 307LIECHTENSTEIN 4LITHUANIA 274LUXEMBOURG 14MACEDONIA 3MALTA 13MONACO 3NETHERLANDS 1,224NORWAY 52POLAND 1,499PORTUGAL 229ROMANIA 561RUSSIA 429SAN MARINO 3SERBIA 150SLOVAKIA 128SLOVENIA 216SPAIN 860SWEDEN 335SWITZERLAND 470UKRAINE 170UNITED KINGDOM 2,362

16,961Total

Latin America & Caribbean No.ARGENTINA 114BAHAMAS 1BELIZE 2BOLIVIA 11BRAZIL 1,050BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 9CAYMAN ISLANDS 1CHILE 147COLOMBIA 30COSTA RICA 6DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2

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ECUADOR 13EL SALVADOR 3GUATEMALA 10GUYANA 4HONDURAS 2PANAMA 3PARAGUAY 6PERU 41PUERTO RICO 3SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1SURINAME 6TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 1URUGUAY 20VENEZUELA 6

1,492Total

North America No.CANADA 720MEXICO 140UNITED STATES 2,732

3,592Total

Oceania No.AUSTRALIA 266BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1FIJI 2GUAM 1NEW ZEALAND 147PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2SAMOA 1

420Total

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Number of Countries: 122

Total number of certificates: 32,009

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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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