FSC Facts & Figures

December 5, 2016

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Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

Oceania3.9% of total FSC-certified area

( 7,592,153 ha )

49 certificates

Africa

Europe

48.3% of total FSC-certified area

( 93,724,042 ha )

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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35.3% of total FSC-certified area

( 68,591,357 ha )

247 certificates

6.8% of total FSC-certified area

( 13,226,683 ha )

255 certificates

1.4% of total FSC-certified area( 2,636,470 ha )40 certificates

4.3% of total FSC-certified area

( 8,322,804 ha )

228 certificates

Total certified area:

No. countries:

Total no. certificates:

194,093,509 ha

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1,453

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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 2211,861NAMIBIA 4

1,389,128SOUTH AFRICA 20124,185SWAZILAND 4172,052TANZANIA, UNITED 3

39,934UGANDA 3

7,592,153 49Total

Total area (ha) No.Asia

7,896CAMBODIA 1839,599CHINA 76508,216INDIA 8

2,846,184INDONESIA 33393,731JAPAN 33391,269KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 8

317LAOS 1684,830MALAYSIA 13

17,880SRI LANKA 31,437TAIWAN 3

61,830THAILAND 172,365,753TURKEY 8

203,863VIETNAM 24

8,322,804 228Total

Total area (ha) No.Europe

587AUSTRIA 28,497,225BELARUS 55

1,654BELGIUM 11,532,625BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 51,084,554BULGARIA 192,039,223CROATIA 3

50,027CZECH REPUBLIC 4214,059DENMARK 5

1,313,239ESTONIA 81,242,205FINLAND 7

31,809FRANCE 61,157,192GERMANY 58

304,354HUNGARY 6446,647IRELAND 2

43,271ITALY 151,005,299LATVIA 131,085,548LITHUANIA 43

21,446LUXEMBOURG 3170,259NETHERLANDS 4445,626NORWAY 5

6,939,230POLAND 18374,096PORTUGAL 24

2,591,243ROMANIA 2042,728,940RUSSIA 149

1,001,347SERBIA 3146,271SLOVAKIA 8260,291SLOVENIA 2

1,779,217SPAIN 2912,259,756SWEDEN 24

611,683SWITZERLAND 82,714,314UKRAINE 461,630,805UNITED KINGDOM 39

93,724,042 634Total

Total area (ha) No.Latin America &Caribbean

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

6,196,243BRAZIL 1142,312,544CHILE 21

142,886COLOMBIA 1045,163COSTA RICA 16

365DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 144,401ECUADOR 3

500,263GUATEMALA 10371,680GUYANA 1

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

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

13,226,683 255Total

Total area (ha) No.North America

53,963,865CANADA 67823,042MEXICO 69

13,804,451UNITED STATES 111

68,591,357 247Total

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Total area (ha) No.Oceania

1,234,904AUSTRALIA 1485,385FIJI 1

1,238,160NEW ZEALAND 2037,575PAPUA NEW GUINEA 340,446SOLOMON ISLANDS 2

2,636,470 40Total

Number of countries:

Total number of certificates:

Total FSC-certified forest area: 194,093,509

1,453

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Number of FSC CoC certificates

Oceania

170 FSC CoC certificates

Africa

Europe

16,758 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: 05.12.2016

3,679 FSC CoC certificates

1,500 FSC CoC certificates426 FSC CoC certificates

9,089 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:31,622Total no. of certificates:

123

4.7% of total FSC CoC Certificates

11.6% of total FSC CoC Certificates53% of total FSC CoC certificates

0.5% of total FSC CoC certificates1.3% of total FSC CoC certificates

28.7% 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 2EGYPT 18GABON 8GHANA 4KENYA 1MADAGASCAR 1MAURITIUS 1MOROCCO 3MOZAMBIQUE 1NAMIBIA 3SEYCHELLES 2SOUTH AFRICA 109SWAZILAND 1TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 1TUNISIA 5

170Total

Asia No.BAHRAIN 1BANGLADESH 61CAMBODIA 2CHINA 4,811HONG KONG 612INDIA 351INDONESIA 240ISRAEL 20JAPAN 1,107KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 268KUWAIT 1LAOS 1LEBANON 17MACAU 2MALAYSIA 180

MYANMAR 1NEPAL 1OMAN 4PAKISTAN 18PHILIPPINES 10QATAR 17SAUDI ARABIA 13SINGAPORE 125SRI LANKA 27TAIWAN 201THAILAND 115TURKEY 251UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 106VIETNAM 526

9,089Total

Europe No.ALBANIA 2AUSTRIA 284BELARUS 105BELGIUM 287BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 315BULGARIA 128CROATIA 261CYPRUS 12CZECH REPUBLIC 193DENMARK 279ESTONIA 242FINLAND 118FRANCE 744GERMANY 2,208GIBRALTAR 1GREECE 52HUNGARY 149IRELAND 112ITALY 2,061

LATVIA 308LIECHTENSTEIN 4LITHUANIA 267LUXEMBOURG 15MACEDONIA 3MALTA 13MONACO 3NETHERLANDS 1,244NORWAY 53POLAND 1,467PORTUGAL 216ROMANIA 516RUSSIA 429SAN MARINO 2SERBIA 144SLOVAKIA 127SLOVENIA 215SPAIN 843SWEDEN 338SWITZERLAND 475UKRAINE 146UNITED KINGDOM 2,377

16,758Total

Latin America & Caribbean No.ARGENTINA 111BAHAMAS 1BELIZE 2BOLIVIA 11BRAZIL 1,078BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 8CAYMAN ISLANDS 1CHILE 143COLOMBIA 29COSTA RICA 5DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2

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ECUADOR 13EL SALVADOR 1GUATEMALA 10GUYANA 4HONDURAS 1PANAMA 4PARAGUAY 6PERU 35PUERTO RICO 3SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1SURINAME 5TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 1URUGUAY 19VENEZUELA 6

1,500Total

North America No.CANADA 749MEXICO 128UNITED STATES 2,802

3,679Total

Oceania No.AUSTRALIA 268BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1FIJI 2GUAM 1NEW ZEALAND 150PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2SAMOA 1SOLOMON ISLANDS 1

426Total

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Number of Countries: 123

Total number of certificates: 31,622

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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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