FSC Facts & Figures

October 4, 2017

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Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

Oceania3.9% of total FSC-certified area

( 7,684,980 ha )

51 certificates

Africa

Europe

48.2% of total FSC-certified area

( 94,389,400 ha )

686 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

Based on numbers from FSC InternationalCreated: 04.10.2017

35.2% of total FSC-certified area

( 68,947,375 ha )

246 certificates

6.9% of total FSC-certified area

( 13,591,771 ha )

259 certificates

1.4% of total FSC-certified area( 2,664,793 ha )41 certificates

4.3% of total FSC-certified area

( 8,470,993 ha )

231 certificates

Total certified area:

No. countries:

Total no. certificates:

195,749,313 ha

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1,514

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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 2230,976NAMIBIA 5

3,137SIERRA LEONE 11,417,085SOUTH AFRICA 20

123,824SWAZILAND 4153,655TANZANIA, UNITED 2

40,875UGANDA 3

7,684,980 51Total

Total area (ha) No.Asia

7,896CAMBODIA 1979,809CHINA 71507,012INDIA 7

2,928,286INDONESIA 38400,920JAPAN 36278,676KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 7

13,555LAOS 2742,917MALAYSIA 13

17,501SRI LANKA 31,677TAIWAN 5

26,836THAILAND 122,350,078TURKEY 7

215,828VIETNAM 29

8,470,993 231Total

Total area (ha) No.Europe

587AUSTRIA 28,326,607BELARUS 58

23,259BELGIUM 21,532,625BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 51,273,659BULGARIA 242,039,241CROATIA 3

52,582CZECH REPUBLIC 5212,654DENMARK 5

1,428,767ESTONIA 81,478,032FINLAND 7

40,083FRANCE 71,159,650GERMANY 58

304,428HUNGARY 6446,222IRELAND 2

63,744ITALY 171,022,196LATVIA 151,094,362LITHUANIA 45

22,062LUXEMBOURG 3169,647NETHERLANDS 4444,823NORWAY 5

6,936,469POLAND 19383,489PORTUGAL 34

2,667,345ROMANIA 2643,462,516RUSSIA 146

963,955SERBIA 3146,832SLOVAKIA 10264,971SLOVENIA 2260,307SPAIN 27

12,255,794SWEDEN 23615,332SWITZERLAND 8

3,686,195UKRAINE 741,610,965UNITED KINGDOM 33

94,389,400 686Total

Total area (ha) No.Latin America &Caribbean

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

6,285,838BRAZIL 1142,255,841CHILE 22

152,543COLOMBIA 1040,029COSTA RICA 15

365DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 156,604ECUADOR 4

506,353GUATEMALA 11371,680GUYANA 1

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

704,238PERU 11363,090SURINAME 4947,236URUGUAY 23155,839VENEZUELA 2

13,591,771 259Total

Total area (ha) No.North America

54,791,164CANADA 64659,355MEXICO 74

13,496,856UNITED STATES 108

68,947,375 246Total

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Total area (ha) No.Oceania

1,230,829AUSTRALIA 1485,385FIJI 1

1,270,558NEW ZEALAND 2137,575PAPUA NEW GUINEA 340,446SOLOMON ISLANDS 2

2,664,793 41Total

Number of countries:

Total number of certificates:

Total FSC-certified forest area: 195,749,313

1,514

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Number of FSC CoC certificates

Oceania

194 FSC CoC certificates

Africa

Europe

17,466 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: 04.10.2017

3,537 FSC CoC certificates

1,485 FSC CoC certificates419 FSC CoC certificates

10,019 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:33,120Total no. of certificates:

120

4.5% of total FSC CoC Certificates

10.7% of total FSC CoC Certificates52.7% of total FSC CoC certificates

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

30.3% 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 6KENYA 1MADAGASCAR 1MAURITIUS 1MOROCCO 4MOZAMBIQUE 2NAMIBIA 3SEYCHELLES 3SOUTH AFRICA 114SWAZILAND 2TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 1TUNISIA 4ZIMBABWE 1

194Total

Asia No.BAHRAIN 1BANGLADESH 75CAMBODIA 2CHINA 5,367HONG KONG 628INDIA 392INDONESIA 254ISRAEL 22JAPAN 1,272KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 263KUWAIT 1LAOS 3LEBANON 23MACAU 2MALAYSIA 189

MYANMAR 1NEPAL 2OMAN 5PAKISTAN 17PHILIPPINES 13QATAR 15SAUDI ARABIA 14SINGAPORE 129SRI LANKA 30TAIWAN 211THAILAND 129TURKEY 280UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 113VIETNAM 566

10,019Total

Europe No.ALBANIA 2AUSTRIA 286BELARUS 113BELGIUM 281BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 307BULGARIA 212CROATIA 270CYPRUS 12CZECH REPUBLIC 220DENMARK 295ESTONIA 255FINLAND 122FRANCE 742GERMANY 2,218GIBRALTAR 1GREECE 71HUNGARY 144IRELAND 122ITALY 2,186LATVIA 314

LIECHTENSTEIN 5LITHUANIA 286LUXEMBOURG 12MACEDONIA 4MALTA 14MONACO 3NETHERLANDS 1,216NORWAY 54POLAND 1,613PORTUGAL 254ROMANIA 621RUSSIA 439SAN MARINO 4SERBIA 162SLOVAKIA 134SLOVENIA 215SPAIN 902SWEDEN 340SWITZERLAND 466UKRAINE 195UNITED KINGDOM 2,354

17,466Total

Latin America & Caribbean No.ARGENTINA 118BAHAMAS 1BELIZE 1BOLIVIA 12BRAZIL 1,027BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 9CAYMAN ISLANDS 1CHILE 154COLOMBIA 28COSTA RICA 8DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2ECUADOR 16EL SALVADOR 4

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GUATEMALA 12GUYANA 4HONDURAS 3PANAMA 3PARAGUAY 6PERU 41PUERTO RICO 2SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1SURINAME 6URUGUAY 20VENEZUELA 6

1,485Total

North America No.CANADA 705MEXICO 142UNITED STATES 2,690

3,537Total

Oceania No.AUSTRALIA 267FIJI 2NEW ZEALAND 147PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2SAMOA 1

419Total

Number of Countries: 120

Total number of certificates: 33,120

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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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