FSC Facts & Figures

September 1, 2017

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Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

Oceania3.9% of total FSC-certified area

( 7,708,888 ha )

52 certificates

Africa

Europe

47.8% of total FSC-certified area

( 94,500,538 ha )

671 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

( 69,014,953 ha )

246 certificates

7.2% of total FSC-certified area

( 14,299,102 ha )

257 certificates

1.3% of total FSC-certified area( 2,664,902 ha )41 certificates

4.9% of total FSC-certified area

( 9,629,011 ha )

232 certificates

Total certified area:

No. countries:

Total no. certificates:

197,817,395 ha

84

1,499

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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 2224,974NAMIBIA 5

3,137SIERRA LEONE 11,416,953SOUTH AFRICA 20

123,824SWAZILAND 4183,697TANZANIA, UNITED 3

40,875UGANDA 3

7,708,888 52Total

Total area (ha) No.Asia

7,896CAMBODIA 1964,191CHINA 70507,012INDIA 7

4,089,332INDONESIA 39400,814JAPAN 36278,385KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 7

13,555LAOS 2742,917MALAYSIA 13

17,522SRI LANKA 31,677TAIWAN 5

38,966THAILAND 132,350,078TURKEY 7

216,665VIETNAM 29

9,629,011 232Total

Total area (ha) No.Europe

587AUSTRIA 27,772,893BELARUS 57

23,259BELGIUM 21,532,625BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 51,303,463BULGARIA 252,039,241CROATIA 3

52,582CZECH REPUBLIC 5209,107DENMARK 5

1,414,258ESTONIA 81,470,346FINLAND 8

39,858FRANCE 61,151,659GERMANY 56

304,428HUNGARY 6446,222IRELAND 2

63,759ITALY 171,016,661LATVIA 141,094,839LITHUANIA 45

22,062LUXEMBOURG 3169,647NETHERLANDS 4444,426NORWAY 5

6,937,706POLAND 18378,781PORTUGAL 31

2,636,949ROMANIA 2444,092,165RUSSIA 143

963,955SERBIA 3146,832SLOVAKIA 10260,269SLOVENIA 2262,623SPAIN 27

12,260,230SWEDEN 24559,131SWITZERLAND 7

3,821,142UKRAINE 701,608,832UNITED KINGDOM 34

94,500,538 671Total

Total area (ha) No.Latin America &Caribbean

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

7,081,002BRAZIL 1142,280,806CHILE 21

152,543COLOMBIA 1040,280COSTA RICA 16

365DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 156,604ECUADOR 4

440,502GUATEMALA 10371,680GUYANA 1

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

669,724PERU 10363,090SURINAME 4934,552URUGUAY 23155,839VENEZUELA 2

14,299,102 257Total

Total area (ha) No.North America

54,803,606CANADA 66661,807MEXICO 72

13,549,540UNITED STATES 108

69,014,953 246Total

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Total area (ha) No.Oceania

1,230,829AUSTRALIA 1485,385FIJI 1

1,270,667NEW ZEALAND 2137,575PAPUA NEW GUINEA 340,446SOLOMON ISLANDS 2

2,664,902 41Total

Number of countries:

Total number of certificates:

Total FSC-certified forest area: 197,817,395

1,499

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Number of FSC CoC certificates

Oceania

197 FSC CoC certificates

Africa

Europe

17,335 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: 01.09.2017

3,524 FSC CoC certificates

1,471 FSC CoC certificates412 FSC CoC certificates

9,803 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:32,742Total no. of certificates:

120

4.5% of total FSC CoC Certificates

10.8% of total FSC CoC Certificates52.9% of total FSC CoC certificates

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

29.9% 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 30GABON 10GHANA 6KENYA 1MADAGASCAR 1MAURITIUS 1MOROCCO 4MOZAMBIQUE 2NAMIBIA 3SEYCHELLES 3SOUTH AFRICA 115SWAZILAND 2TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 1TUNISIA 3ZIMBABWE 1

197Total

Asia No.BAHRAIN 1BANGLADESH 74CAMBODIA 2CHINA 5,245HONG KONG 611INDIA 383INDONESIA 251ISRAEL 22JAPAN 1,253KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 263KUWAIT 1LAOS 3LEBANON 19MACAU 2

MALAYSIA 179MYANMAR 1NEPAL 2OMAN 5PAKISTAN 19PHILIPPINES 13QATAR 17SAUDI ARABIA 14SINGAPORE 125SRI LANKA 29TAIWAN 206THAILAND 122TURKEY 276UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 107VIETNAM 558

9,803Total

Europe No.ALBANIA 2AUSTRIA 283BELARUS 116BELGIUM 281BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 314BULGARIA 168CROATIA 273CYPRUS 12CZECH REPUBLIC 210DENMARK 297ESTONIA 256FINLAND 122FRANCE 745GERMANY 2,206GIBRALTAR 1GREECE 67HUNGARY 144IRELAND 121

ITALY 2,172LATVIA 312LIECHTENSTEIN 5LITHUANIA 287LUXEMBOURG 12MACEDONIA 4MALTA 14MONACO 3NETHERLANDS 1,222NORWAY 53POLAND 1,580PORTUGAL 253ROMANIA 615RUSSIA 444SAN MARINO 3SERBIA 164SLOVAKIA 130SLOVENIA 216SPAIN 898SWEDEN 336SWITZERLAND 470UKRAINE 188UNITED KINGDOM 2,336

17,335Total

Latin America & Caribbean No.ARGENTINA 119BAHAMAS 1BELIZE 1BOLIVIA 10BRAZIL 1,024BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 9CAYMAN ISLANDS 1CHILE 151COLOMBIA 27COSTA RICA 8

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2ECUADOR 13EL SALVADOR 4GUATEMALA 10GUYANA 4HONDURAS 3PANAMA 3PARAGUAY 6PERU 39PUERTO RICO 2SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1SURINAME 6URUGUAY 21VENEZUELA 6

1,471Total

North America No.CANADA 703MEXICO 142UNITED STATES 2,679

3,524Total

Oceania No.AUSTRALIA 260FIJI 2NEW ZEALAND 147PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2SAMOA 1

412Total

Number of Countries: 120

Total number of certificates: 32,742

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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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