FSC Facts & Figures

June 1, 2017

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Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

Oceania3.9% of total FSC-certified area

( 7,768,363 ha )

50 certificates

Africa

Europe

48.2% of total FSC-certified area

( 94,728,048 ha )

668 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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35.1% of total FSC-certified area

( 69,088,699 ha )

247 certificates

7.2% of total FSC-certified area

( 14,108,300 ha )

256 certificates

1.4% of total FSC-certified area( 2,666,094 ha )41 certificates

4.2% of total FSC-certified area

( 8,315,976 ha )

239 certificates

Total certified area:

No. countries:

Total no. certificates:

196,675,481 ha

83

1,501

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

Total area (ha) No.Africa

1,130,301CAMEROON 42,572,243CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 42,042,616GABON 3

3,367GHANA 150,753MOZAMBIQUE 2

225,477NAMIBIA 53,137SIERRA LEONE 1

1,395,223SOUTH AFRICA 20120,674SWAZILAND 4183,697TANZANIA, UNITED 3

40,875UGANDA 3

7,768,363 50Total

Total area (ha) No.Asia

7,896CAMBODIA 1876,312CHINA 75509,927INDIA 8

2,709,347INDONESIA 33400,762JAPAN 35392,291KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 8

13,555LAOS 2743,544MALAYSIA 14

17,522SRI LANKA 31,677TAIWAN 5

64,138THAILAND 172,350,078TURKEY 7

228,927VIETNAM 31

8,315,976 239Total

Total area (ha) No.Europe

587AUSTRIA 28,505,622BELARUS 59

23,259BELGIUM 21,532,625BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 51,117,746BULGARIA 222,039,241CROATIA 3

52,592CZECH REPUBLIC 5209,107DENMARK 5

1,413,875ESTONIA 81,365,799FINLAND 8

39,858FRANCE 61,156,169GERMANY 57

242,953HUNGARY 5446,647IRELAND 2

65,188ITALY 171,018,431LATVIA 141,093,642LITHUANIA 45

21,106LUXEMBOURG 3169,647NETHERLANDS 4444,426NORWAY 5

6,926,146POLAND 18377,982PORTUGAL 29

2,630,427ROMANIA 2344,160,325RUSSIA 146

963,955SERBIA 3146,832SLOVAKIA 10260,269SLOVENIA 2247,095SPAIN 29

12,142,642SWEDEN 24613,345SWITZERLAND 8

3,676,848UKRAINE 631,623,662UNITED KINGDOM 36

94,728,048 668Total

Total area (ha) No.Latin America &Caribbean

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

6,954,395BRAZIL 1142,312,720CHILE 21

152,527COLOMBIA 1041,802COSTA RICA 16

365DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 156,604ECUADOR 4

437,532GUATEMALA 10371,680GUYANA 1

17,815HONDURAS 125,931NICARAGUA 722,077PANAMA 838,880PARAGUAY 4

578,254PERU 9363,090SURINAME 4931,801URUGUAY 23155,839VENEZUELA 2

14,108,300 256Total

Total area (ha) No.North America

54,672,515CANADA 66848,700MEXICO 72

13,567,484UNITED STATES 109

69,088,699 247Total

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Total area (ha) No.Oceania

1,231,259AUSTRALIA 1485,385FIJI 1

1,271,429NEW ZEALAND 2137,575PAPUA NEW GUINEA 340,446SOLOMON ISLANDS 2

2,666,094 41Total

Number of countries:

Total number of certificates:

Total FSC-certified forest area: 196,675,481

1,501

834

5

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Number of FSC CoC certificates

Oceania

190 FSC CoC certificates

Africa

Europe

17,170 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: 01.06.2017

3,582 FSC CoC certificates

1,493 FSC CoC certificates422 FSC CoC certificates

9,574 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:32,431Total no. of certificates:

122

4.6% of total FSC CoC Certificates

11% of total FSC CoC Certificates52.9% of total FSC CoC certificates

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

29.5% 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 27GABON 10GHANA 4KENYA 1MADAGASCAR 1MAURITIUS 1MOROCCO 3MOZAMBIQUE 2NAMIBIA 3SEYCHELLES 3SOUTH AFRICA 114SWAZILAND 2TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 1TUNISIA 4

190Total

Asia No.BAHRAIN 1BANGLADESH 74CAMBODIA 2CHINA 5,071HONG KONG 633INDIA 358INDONESIA 252ISRAEL 22JAPAN 1,220KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 265KUWAIT 1LAOS 2LEBANON 19MACAU 2MALAYSIA 181

MYANMAR 1NEPAL 1OMAN 5PAKISTAN 18PHILIPPINES 11QATAR 16SAUDI ARABIA 14SINGAPORE 122SRI LANKA 29TAIWAN 199THAILAND 120TURKEY 272UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 105VIETNAM 558

9,574Total

Europe No.ALBANIA 1AUSTRIA 282BELARUS 113BELGIUM 279BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 317BULGARIA 156CROATIA 273CYPRUS 11CZECH REPUBLIC 204DENMARK 290ESTONIA 248FINLAND 121FRANCE 749GERMANY 2,218GIBRALTAR 1GREECE 61HUNGARY 141IRELAND 117ITALY 2,144

LATVIA 310LIECHTENSTEIN 5LITHUANIA 279LUXEMBOURG 11MACEDONIA 4MALTA 14MONACO 3NETHERLANDS 1,224NORWAY 54POLAND 1,541PORTUGAL 239ROMANIA 582RUSSIA 440SAN MARINO 3SERBIA 158SLOVAKIA 130SLOVENIA 218SPAIN 882SWEDEN 339SWITZERLAND 468UKRAINE 180UNITED KINGDOM 2,360

17,170Total

Latin America & Caribbean No.ARGENTINA 117BAHAMAS 1BELIZE 2BOLIVIA 10BRAZIL 1,048BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 9CAYMAN ISLANDS 1CHILE 147COLOMBIA 30COSTA RICA 7DOMINICAN 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

1,493Total

North America No.CANADA 721MEXICO 142UNITED STATES 2,719

3,582Total

Oceania No.AUSTRALIA 265BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1FIJI 2GUAM 1NEW ZEALAND 150PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2SAMOA 1

422Total

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Number of Countries: 122

Total number of certificates: 32,431

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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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