FSC Facts & Figures

February 1, 2017

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Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

Oceania3.8% of total FSC-certified area

( 7,472,198 ha )

49 certificates

Africa

Europe

47.7% of total FSC-certified area

( 92,658,444 ha )

641 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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35.8% of total FSC-certified area

( 69,590,919 ha )

249 certificates

6.9% of total FSC-certified area

( 13,502,910 ha )

260 certificates

1.4% of total FSC-certified area( 2,677,819 ha )41 certificates

4.3% of total FSC-certified area

( 8,389,404 ha )

236 certificates

Total certified area:

No. countries:

Total no. certificates:

194,291,694 ha

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1,476

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

Total area (ha) No.Africa

940,945CAMEROON 42,478,943CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 42,033,627GABON 3

3,367GHANA 150,753MOZAMBIQUE 2

211,861NAMIBIA 41,416,532SOUTH AFRICA 21

124,185SWAZILAND 4172,052TANZANIA, UNITED 3

39,934UGANDA 3

7,472,198 49Total

Total area (ha) No.Asia

7,896CAMBODIA 1891,676CHINA 77508,216INDIA 8

2,846,390INDONESIA 34396,357JAPAN 34391,269KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 8

2,606LAOS 1676,150MALAYSIA 12

17,880SRI LANKA 31,437TAIWAN 3

61,830THAILAND 172,365,753TURKEY 8

221,944VIETNAM 30

8,389,404 236Total

Total area (ha) No.Europe

587AUSTRIA 28,562,321BELARUS 56

1,654BELGIUM 11,532,625BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 51,140,250BULGARIA 202,039,223CROATIA 3

52,629CZECH REPUBLIC 5213,976DENMARK 5

1,370,289ESTONIA 71,357,012FINLAND 7

33,987FRANCE 61,147,055GERMANY 57

251,271HUNGARY 4446,647IRELAND 2

43,584ITALY 151,010,491LATVIA 131,094,170LITHUANIA 45

21,446LUXEMBOURG 3170,407NETHERLANDS 4445,626NORWAY 5

6,939,230POLAND 18372,071PORTUGAL 23

2,630,939ROMANIA 2442,206,560RUSSIA 146

1,001,347SERBIA 3148,148SLOVAKIA 10260,269SLOVENIA 2233,671SPAIN 29

12,278,248SWEDEN 24612,568SWITZERLAND 8

3,410,163UKRAINE 531,629,981UNITED KINGDOM 36

92,658,444 641Total

Total area (ha) No.Latin America &Caribbean

467,933ARGENTINA 12197,122BELIZE 2981,862BOLIVIA 8

6,317,138BRAZIL 1192,312,815CHILE 21

155,326COLOMBIA 1142,520COSTA RICA 16

365DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 144,345ECUADOR 3

500,263GUATEMALA 10371,680GUYANA 1

17,815HONDURAS 118,266NICARAGUA 622,077PANAMA 827,603PARAGUAY 3

526,557PERU 8362,740SURINAME 4980,642URUGUAY 24155,839VENEZUELA 2

13,502,910 260Total

Total area (ha) No.North America

55,199,727CANADA 67877,747MEXICO 70

13,513,444UNITED STATES 112

69,590,919 249Total

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Total area (ha) No.Oceania

1,243,814AUSTRALIA 1485,385FIJI 1

1,270,598NEW ZEALAND 2137,575PAPUA NEW GUINEA 340,446SOLOMON ISLANDS 2

2,677,819 41Total

Number of countries:

Total number of certificates:

Total FSC-certified forest area: 194,291,694

1,476

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Number of FSC CoC certificates

Oceania

177 FSC CoC certificates

Africa

Europe

16,824 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: 01.02.2017

3,609 FSC CoC certificates

1,510 FSC CoC certificates423 FSC CoC certificates

9,203 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:31,746Total no. of certificates:

122

4.8% of total FSC CoC Certificates

11.4% of total FSC CoC Certificates53% of total FSC CoC certificates

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

29% 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 116SWAZILAND 1TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 1TUNISIA 5

177Total

Asia No.BAHRAIN 1BANGLADESH 57CAMBODIA 2CHINA 4,877HONG KONG 609INDIA 360INDONESIA 244ISRAEL 21JAPAN 1,139KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 266KUWAIT 1LAOS 1LEBANON 17MACAU 2MALAYSIA 180

MYANMAR 1NEPAL 1OMAN 4PAKISTAN 18PHILIPPINES 10QATAR 17SAUDI ARABIA 14SINGAPORE 125SRI LANKA 28TAIWAN 200THAILAND 118TURKEY 258UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 100VIETNAM 532

9,203Total

Europe No.ALBANIA 1AUSTRIA 285BELARUS 107BELGIUM 280BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 311BULGARIA 134CROATIA 260CYPRUS 12CZECH REPUBLIC 198DENMARK 279ESTONIA 243FINLAND 118FRANCE 743GERMANY 2,209GIBRALTAR 1GREECE 53HUNGARY 145IRELAND 116ITALY 2,078

LATVIA 311LIECHTENSTEIN 4LITHUANIA 270LUXEMBOURG 14MACEDONIA 3MALTA 13MONACO 3NETHERLANDS 1,233NORWAY 51POLAND 1,482PORTUGAL 218ROMANIA 536RUSSIA 428SAN MARINO 3SERBIA 145SLOVAKIA 125SLOVENIA 219SPAIN 854SWEDEN 343SWITZERLAND 470UKRAINE 159UNITED KINGDOM 2,367

16,824Total

Latin America & Caribbean No.ARGENTINA 117BAHAMAS 1BELIZE 2BOLIVIA 11BRAZIL 1,069BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 9CAYMAN ISLANDS 1CHILE 147COLOMBIA 29COSTA RICA 5DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2

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ECUADOR 13EL SALVADOR 3GUATEMALA 11GUYANA 4HONDURAS 2PANAMA 4PARAGUAY 6PERU 39PUERTO RICO 3SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1SURINAME 6TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 1URUGUAY 18VENEZUELA 6

1,510Total

North America No.CANADA 729MEXICO 129UNITED STATES 2,751

3,609Total

Oceania No.AUSTRALIA 266BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1FIJI 2GUAM 1NEW ZEALAND 150PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2SAMOA 1

423Total

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Number of Countries: 122

Total number of certificates: 31,746

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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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