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January 3, 2018

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 Global FSC-certified forest area

Europe
North America
49% of total FSC-certified area
Asia
34.7% of total FSC-certified area ( 97,379,841 ha )
( 69,082,443 ha ) 706 certificates 4.4% of total FSC-certified area
245 certificates ( 8,797,194 ha )
239 certificates

Africa
3.6% of total FSC-certified area Oceania
South America & Caribbean ( 7,149,380 ha ) 1.3% of total FSC-certified area
6.9% of total FSC-certified area 48 certificates ( 2,643,667 ha )
( 13,809,765 ha ) 39 certificates
256 certificates

Total certified area:1 198,862,291 ha

No. countries: 2 83
Total no. certificates:3 1,533

Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

10,000,000 and above 7,500,000 - 9,999,999 2,500,000 - 4,999,999 750,000 - 999,999 250,000 - 499,999 100 - 99,999
5,000,000 - 7,499,999 1,000,000 - 2,499,999 500,000 - 749,999 100,000 - 249,999 No FSC certified forest

Based on numbers from FSC International

Created: 03.01.2018
Global FSC-certified Area and Number of Certificates: by region and country

Total area (ha) No. Total area (ha) No. Total 97,379,841 706
Africa Europe
CAMEROON 697,643 3 AUSTRIA 587 2
CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 2,410,693 4 BELARUS 8,651,855 60 Latin America & Total area (ha) No.
GABON 2,042,616 3 BELGIUM 24,036 3 Caribbean
GHANA 11,517 2 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1,555,403 5 ARGENTINA 468,003 11
MOZAMBIQUE 50,753 2 BULGARIA 1,464,607 27 BELIZE 197,122 2
NAMIBIA 199,913 5 CROATIA 2,044,714 3 BOLIVIA 981,862 8
SIERRA LEONE 3,137 1 CZECH REPUBLIC 52,729 5 BRAZIL 6,378,066 114
SOUTH AFRICA 1,414,755 19 DENMARK 212,739 4 CHILE 2,278,050 23
SWAZILAND 123,824 4 ESTONIA 1,428,797 8 COLOMBIA 155,955 10
TANZANIA, UNITED 153,655 2 FINLAND 1,478,032 7 COSTA RICA 38,939 13
UGANDA 40,875 3 FRANCE 43,423 7 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 365 1
Total 7,149,380 48 GERMANY 1,157,110 59 ECUADOR 57,466 4
HUNGARY 225,152 4 GUATEMALA 507,822 11
IRELAND 446,222 2 GUYANA 371,680 1
ITALY 63,744 17 HONDURAS 17,815 1
Asia Total area (ha) No. LATVIA 1,022,196 15 NICARAGUA 22,910 6
CAMBODIA 7,896 1 LITHUANIA 1,124,444 46 PANAMA 22,501 8
CHINA 963,174 71 LUXEMBOURG 22,062 3 PARAGUAY 38,880 4
INDIA 521,510 7 NETHERLANDS 178,086 4 PERU 805,732 11
INDONESIA 3,075,371 39 NORWAY 444,750 5 SURINAME 363,090 4
JAPAN 403,065 35 POLAND 6,936,347 19 URUGUAY 947,667 22
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 395,885 8 PORTUGAL 391,399 34 VENEZUELA 155,839 2
LAOS 18,010 3 ROMANIA 2,659,538 26 Total 13,809,765 256
MALAYSIA 755,404 13 RUSSIA 45,755,211 151
SRI LANKA 17,501 3 SERBIA 963,955 3
TAIWAN 1,677 5 SLOVAKIA 146,832 10
SLOVENIA 264,971 2
North America Total area (ha) No.
THAILAND 55,741 16
TURKEY 2,348,136 7 SPAIN 258,334 26 CANADA 54,526,287 63
VIETNAM 233,824 31 SWEDEN 12,216,185 23 MEXICO 808,233 78
SWITZERLAND 616,130 8 UNITED STATES 13,747,923 104
Total 8,797,194 239
UKRAINE 3,917,245 84 Total 69,082,443 245
UNITED KINGDOM 1,613,005 34

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Oceania Total area (ha) No.
AUSTRALIA 1,210,528 13
FIJI 85,385 1
NEW ZEALAND 1,270,778 21
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 37,575 3
SOLOMON ISLANDS 39,401 1
Total 2,643,667 39

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Number of countries: 83
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Total number of certificates: 1,533
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Total FSC-certified forest area: 198,862,291

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 Global FSC Chain of Custody certificates

Europe
North America 53% of total FSC CoC certificates
10.3% of total FSC CoC Certificates 17,805 FSC CoC certificates Asia
3,454 FSC CoC certificates 30.6% of total FSC CoC certificates
10,280 FSC CoC certificates

Africa
Oceania
South America & Caribbean 0.6% of total FSC CoC certificates
1.2% of total FSC CoC certificates
4.4% of total FSC CoC Certificates 203 FSC CoC certificates
413 FSC CoC certificates
1,471 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:7 122

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Total no. of certificates: 33,626

Number of FSC CoC certificates

4,000 and above 3,999 - 2,000 999 - 500 249 - 125 62 - 31 14 - 1
1,999 - 1,000 499 - 250 124 - 63 30 - 15 No CoC certficates

Based on numbers from FSC International

Created: 03.01.2018
Global FSC Chain of Custody certificates: by region and country

No. MACAU 1 ITALY 2,200

Africa
MALAYSIA 180 LATVIA 309
ALGERIA 1 MYANMAR 1 LIECHTENSTEIN 5
CAMEROON 10 NEPAL 2 LITHUANIA 293
CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 3 OMAN 4 LUXEMBOURG 12
EGYPT 30 PAKISTAN 20 MACEDONIA 7
GABON 10 PHILIPPINES 14 MALTA 12
GHANA 6 QATAR 14 MONACO 3
KENYA 1 SAUDI ARABIA 15 NETHERLANDS 1,218
MADAGASCAR 1 SINGAPORE 132 NORWAY 54
MAURITIUS 1 SRI LANKA 31 POLAND 1,655
MOROCCO 6 TAIWAN 218 PORTUGAL 261
MOZAMBIQUE 2 THAILAND 135 ROMANIA 633
NAMIBIA 7 TURKEY 277 RUSSIA 455
SEYCHELLES 3 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 117 SAN MARINO 4
SOUTH AFRICA 114 VIETNAM 588 SERBIA 165
SWAZILAND 2
Total 10,280 SLOVAKIA 135
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 1 SLOVENIA 217
TUNISIA 4 SPAIN 913
ZIMBABWE 1 Europe No. SWEDEN 345
Total 203 ALBANIA 2 SWITZERLAND 467
AUSTRIA 286 UKRAINE 212
No. BELARUS 119 UNITED KINGDOM 2,330
Asia
BELGIUM 279 Total 17,805
BAHRAIN 1 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 306
BANGLADESH 88 BULGARIA 391
CAMBODIA 2 Latin America & Caribbean No.
CROATIA 277
CHINA 5,529 CYPRUS 14 ARGENTINA 112
HONG KONG 637 CZECH REPUBLIC 226 BAHAMAS 1
INDIA 409 DENMARK 297 BELIZE 1
INDONESIA 260 ESTONIA 256 BOLIVIA 12
ISRAEL 23 FINLAND 122 BRAZIL 1,016
JAPAN 1,299 FRANCE 758 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 8
KAZAKHSTAN 1 GERMANY 2,222 CAYMAN ISLANDS 1
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 254 GIBRALTAR 1 CHILE 163
KUWAIT 1 GREECE 77 COLOMBIA 29
KYRGYZSTAN 2 HUNGARY 144 COSTA RICA 8
LAOS 3 IRELAND 123 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2
LEBANON 22

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ECUADOR 16
EL SALVADOR 4
GUATEMALA 11
GUYANA 3
HONDURAS 3
PANAMA 3
PARAGUAY 7
PERU 37
PUERTO RICO 2
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1
SURINAME 6
URUGUAY 19
VENEZUELA 6
Total 1,471

North America No.

CANADA 694
MEXICO 148
UNITED STATES 2,612
Total 3,454

Oceania No.
AUSTRALIA 263
FIJI 2
NEW ZEALAND 145
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2
SAMOA 1
Total 413

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Number of Countries: 122
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Total number of certificates: 33,626

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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 issued
10 Total number of FSC CoC certificates issued worldwide.

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FSC Principles and Criteria as outlined in the applicable National, Regional or Generic Forest Management Standard.
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