FSC Facts & Figures. November 2, 2018

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1 FSC Facts & Figures November 2, 2018

2 Global FSC-certified forest area North America 34.6% of total FSC-certified area ( 69,322,145 ha ) 256 certificates Europe 49.9% of total FSC-certified area ( 100,198,871 ha ) 738 certificates Asia 4.3% of total FSC-certified area ( 8,625,233 ha ) 254 certificates South America & Caribbean 6.8% of total FSC-certified area ( 13,660,285 ha ) 268 certificates Africa 3.1% of total FSC-certified area ( 6,142,103 ha ) 47 certificates Oceania 1.3% of total FSC-certified area ( 2,685,396 ha ) 40 certificates Total certified area: No. countries: Total no. certificates: ,634,032 ha 86 1,603 Total FSC-certified forest area in ha 10,000,000 and above 7,500,000-9,999,999 2,500,000-4,999, , , , , ,999 5,000,000-7,499,999 1,000,000-2,499, , , , ,999 No FSC certified forest Based on numbers from FSC International Created:

3 Global FSC-certified Area and Number of Certificates: by region and country Africa Total area (ha) No. CAMEROON 341,708 1 CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 2,410,693 4 GABON 1,165,365 2 GHANA 12,147 2 MOZAMBIQUE 50,753 2 NAMIBIA 332,552 5 RWANDA 9,785 1 SIERRA LEONE 3,313 1 SOUTH AFRICA 1,457, SWAZILAND 125,438 4 TANZANIA, UNITED 191,707 2 UGANDA 41,321 3 Total 6,142, Asia Total area (ha) No. CAMBODIA 7,896 1 CHINA 987, INDIA 631,501 9 INDONESIA 2,971, JAPAN 408, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 214,780 4 KYRGYZSTAN LAOS 18,010 3 MALAYSIA 648, NEPAL 12,282 1 SRI LANKA 17,030 3 TAIWAN 1,458 4 THAILAND 84, TURKEY 2,396,877 7 VIETNAM 224, Total 8,625, Europe Total area (ha) No. AUSTRIA BELARUS 9,142, BELGIUM 25,810 3 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1,654,459 6 BULGARIA 1,459, CROATIA 2,048,592 4 CZECH REPUBLIC 53,131 5 DENMARK 214,859 4 ESTONIA 1,492,081 9 FINLAND 1,611,184 8 FRANCE 56,302 8 GERMANY 1,354, HUNGARY 304,118 6 IRELAND 446,873 4 ITALY 63, LATVIA 1,046, LITHUANIA 1,140, LUXEMBOURG 22,062 3 NETHERLANDS 167,995 3 NORWAY 445,874 5 POLAND 6,937, PORTUGAL 421, ROMANIA 2,820, RUSSIA 46,592, SERBIA 963,228 3 SLOVAKIA 148, SLOVENIA 262,959 2 SPAIN 368, SWEDEN 12,734, SWITZERLAND 560,828 2 UKRAINE 4,005, UNITED KINGDOM 1,633, Total 100,198, Latin America & Caribbean Total area (ha) No. ARGENTINA 469, BELIZE 197,122 2 BOLIVIA 981,862 8 BRAZIL 6,642, CHILE 2,323, COLOMBIA 150,541 8 COSTA RICA 40, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR 58,683 5 GUATEMALA 502, GUYANA 385,737 2 HONDURAS 17,815 1 NICARAGUA 22,903 6 PANAMA 22,018 8 PARAGUAY 43,941 5 PERU 771, SURINAME 46,325 2 URUGUAY 967, VENEZUELA 16,752 1 Total 13,660, North America Total area (ha) No. CANADA 53,894, MEXICO 1,352, UNITED STATES 14,075, Total 69,322, Oceania Total area (ha) No. AUSTRALIA 1,245, FIJI 83,253 1 NEW ZEALAND 1,280,285 22

4 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 36,925 3 SOLOMON ISLANDS 39,406 1 Total 2,685, Number of countries: Total number of certificates: ,603 Total FSC-certified forest area: 200,634,

5 Global FSC Chain of Custody certificates North America 9.1% of total FSC CoC Certificates 3,245 FSC CoC certificates Europe 51.6% of total FSC CoC certificates 18,327 FSC CoC certificates Asia 33.3% of total FSC CoC certificates 11,820 FSC CoC certificates South America & Caribbean 4.3% of total FSC CoC Certificates 1,519 FSC CoC certificates Africa 0.6% of total FSC CoC certificates 202 FSC CoC certificates Oceania 1.1% of total FSC CoC certificates 408 FSC CoC certificates 7 No. of countries: Total no. of certificates: ,521 Number of FSC CoC certificates 4,000 and above 3,999-2, ,999-1, No CoC certficates Based on numbers from FSC International Created:

6 Global FSC Chain of Custody certificates: by region and country Africa No. ALGERIA 1 CAMEROON 6 CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 3 EGYPT 25 GABON 9 GHANA 6 KENYA 3 MAURITIUS 1 MOROCCO 7 MOZAMBIQUE 1 NAMIBIA 7 SEYCHELLES 3 SIERRA LEONE 1 SOUTH AFRICA 121 SWAZILAND 1 TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 2 TUNISIA 4 ZIMBABWE 1 Total 202 Asia No. BAHRAIN 1 BANGLADESH 99 CAMBODIA 4 CHINA 6,805 HONG KONG 517 INDIA 474 INDONESIA 281 ISRAEL 24 JAPAN 1,389 KAZAKHSTAN 1 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 266 KUWAIT 4 KYRGYZSTAN 2 LAOS 2 LEBANON 23 MACAU 1 MALAYSIA 162 MYANMAR 2 NEPAL 2 OMAN 5 PAKISTAN 43 PHILIPPINES 15 QATAR 11 SAUDI ARABIA 11 SINGAPORE 122 SRI LANKA 33 TAIWAN 248 THAILAND 156 TURKEY 348 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 120 VIETNAM 649 Total 11,820 Europe No. ALBANIA 2 AUSTRIA 285 BELARUS 149 BELGIUM 273 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 298 BULGARIA 447 CROATIA 276 CYPRUS 13 CZECH REPUBLIC 249 DENMARK 303 ESTONIA 266 FINLAND 126 FRANCE 729 GERMANY 2,206 GIBRALTAR 1 GREECE 91 HUNGARY 148 IRELAND 123 ITALY 2,295 LATVIA 297 LIECHTENSTEIN 4 LITHUANIA 316 LUXEMBOURG 15 MACEDONIA 14 MALTA 13 MONACO 3 NETHERLANDS 1,211 NORWAY 58 POLAND 1,826 PORTUGAL 285 ROMANIA 664 RUSSIA 512 SAN MARINO 4 SERBIA 171 SLOVAKIA 146 SLOVENIA 226 SPAIN 930 SWEDEN 360 SWITZERLAND 454 UKRAINE 240 UNITED KINGDOM 2,298 Total 18,327 Latin America & Caribbean No. ARGENTINA 120 BAHAMAS 1 BELIZE 1 BOLIVIA 12 BRAZIL 1,032 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 4 CAYMAN ISLANDS 1 CHILE 189 COLOMBIA 29 COSTA RICA 10 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 ECUADOR 15 EL SALVADOR 4

7 GUATEMALA 9 GUYANA 3 HONDURAS 1 PANAMA 3 PARAGUAY 6 PERU 45 PUERTO RICO 2 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1 SURINAME 6 URUGUAY 18 VENEZUELA 5 Total 1,519 North America No. CANADA 628 MEXICO 135 UNITED STATES 2,482 Total 3,245 Oceania No. AUSTRALIA 258 FIJI 2 NEW ZEALAND 144 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2 SAMOA 2 Total 408 Number of Countries: Total number of certificates: 35,521

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11 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 10Total 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 FSC Principles and Criteria as outlined in the applicable National, Regional or Generic Forest Management Standard. 2

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