FSC Facts & Figures

October 7, 2016

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Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

Oceania4% of total FSC-certified area( 7,608,875 ha )52 certificates

Africa

Europe

48% of total FSC-certified area( 92,117,590 ha )625 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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35.7% of total FSC-certified area( 68,500,164 ha )239 certificates

6.7% of total FSC-certified area( 12,804,703 ha )248 certificates

1.4% of total FSC-certified area( 2,680,744 ha )41 certificates

4.2% of total FSC-certified area( 8,061,231 ha )222 certificates

Total certified area:No. countries:Total no. certificates:

191,773,307 ha821,427

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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 2147,851NAMIBIA 4

1,470,819SOUTH AFRICA 23124,185SWAZILAND 4172,052TANZANIA, UNITED 3

38,975UGANDA 3

7,608,875 52Total

Total area (ha) No.Asia

7,896CAMBODIA 1915,592CHINA 76510,579INDIA 9

2,549,867INDONESIA 32393,734JAPAN 33390,568KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 8

317LAOS 1676,150MALAYSIA 12

8,052SRI LANKA 11,437TAIWAN 3

61,830THAILAND 172,365,753TURKEY 8

179,456VIETNAM 21

8,061,231 222Total

Total area (ha) No.Europe

587AUSTRIA 28,418,033BELARUS 54

23,259BELGIUM 21,495,753BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 4

857,608BULGARIA 182,039,223CROATIA 3

50,027CZECH REPUBLIC 4214,059DENMARK 5

1,264,503ESTONIA 71,313,656FINLAND 6

33,660FRANCE 81,149,639GERMANY 57

304,273HUNGARY 6446,647IRELAND 2

43,271ITALY 151,299,477LATVIA 141,085,494LITHUANIA 43

21,446LUXEMBOURG 3136,311NETHERLANDS 3418,232NORWAY 5

6,937,426POLAND 18375,039PORTUGAL 24

2,591,243ROMANIA 2042,797,308RUSSIA 146

1,001,347SERBIA 3149,387SLOVAKIA 8260,291SLOVENIA 2230,749SPAIN 28

12,259,756SWEDEN 24611,618SWITZERLAND 8

2,656,355UKRAINE 441,631,917UNITED KINGDOM 39

92,117,590 625Total

Total area (ha) No.Latin America &Caribbean

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

6,153,592BRAZIL 1102,312,396CHILE 21

143,993COLOMBIA 1044,785COSTA RICA 15

365DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 144,401ECUADOR 3

499,476GUATEMALA 1020,164HONDURAS 121,783NICARAGUA 722,077PANAMA 827,603PARAGUAY 3

482,480PERU 7362,740SURINAME 4965,778URUGUAY 24155,839VENEZUELA 2

12,804,703 248Total

Total area (ha) No.North America

53,944,871CANADA 66797,073MEXICO 63

13,758,219UNITED STATES 110

68,500,164 239Total

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Total area (ha) No.Oceania

1,233,769AUSTRALIA 1485,385FIJI 1

1,283,569NEW ZEALAND 2137,575PAPUA NEW GUINEA 340,446SOLOMON ISLANDS 2

2,680,744 41Total

Number of countries:

Total number of certificates:

Total FSC-certified forest area: 191,773,307

1,427

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Number of FSC CoC certificates

Oceania

172 FSC CoC certificates

Africa

Europe

16,591 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: 07.10.2016

3,696 FSC CoC certificates

1,508 FSC CoC certificates425 FSC CoC certificates

8,881 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:31,273Total no. of certificates:120

4.8% of total FSC CoC Certificates

11.8% of total FSC CoC Certificates53.1% of total FSC CoC certificates

0.5% of total FSC CoC certificates1.4% of total FSC CoC certificates

28.4% 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.CAMEROON 11CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 2EGYPT 18GABON 10GHANA 4MADAGASCAR 1MAURITIUS 1MOROCCO 3MOZAMBIQUE 1NAMIBIA 3SEYCHELLES 2SOUTH AFRICA 110TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 1TUNISIA 5

172Total

Asia No.BAHRAIN 1BANGLADESH 55CAMBODIA 2CHINA 4,689HONG KONG 616INDIA 340INDONESIA 230ISRAEL 20JAPAN 1,091KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 259KUWAIT 1LAOS 1LEBANON 18MACAU 2MALAYSIA 176MYANMAR 1NEPAL 1OMAN 4

PAKISTAN 17PHILIPPINES 10QATAR 16SAUDI ARABIA 13SINGAPORE 122SRI LANKA 25TAIWAN 197THAILAND 110TURKEY 248UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 106VIETNAM 510

8,881Total

Europe No.ALBANIA 2AUSTRIA 285BELARUS 102BELGIUM 291BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 314BULGARIA 125CROATIA 258CYPRUS 12CZECH REPUBLIC 191DENMARK 271ESTONIA 241FINLAND 117FRANCE 751GERMANY 2,199GIBRALTAR 1GREECE 50HUNGARY 145IRELAND 109ITALY 2,027LATVIA 294LIECHTENSTEIN 4LITHUANIA 260

LUXEMBOURG 15MACEDONIA 3MALTA 13MONACO 3NETHERLANDS 1,256NORWAY 53POLAND 1,430PORTUGAL 214ROMANIA 492RUSSIA 425SAN MARINO 2SERBIA 141SLOVAKIA 124SLOVENIA 212SPAIN 829SWEDEN 335SWITZERLAND 479UKRAINE 137UNITED KINGDOM 2,379

16,591Total

Latin America & Caribbean No.ARGENTINA 112BAHAMAS 1BELIZE 2BOLIVIA 12BRAZIL 1,088BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 6CAYMAN ISLANDS 1CHILE 142COLOMBIA 29COSTA RICA 4DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2ECUADOR 13EL SALVADOR 1GUATEMALA 11

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GUYANA 4HONDURAS 1PANAMA 4PARAGUAY 6PERU 34PUERTO RICO 3SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1SURINAME 5TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 1URUGUAY 19VENEZUELA 6

1,508Total

North America No.CANADA 755MEXICO 127UNITED STATES 2,814

3,696Total

Oceania No.AUSTRALIA 268BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1FIJI 2GUAM 1NEW ZEALAND 149PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2SAMOA 1SOLOMON ISLANDS 1

425Total

Number of Countries: 120

Total number of certificates: 31,273

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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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