FSC Facts & Figures. September 6, 2018

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2 Global FSC-certified forest area North America 34.5% of total FSC-certified area ( 69,584,479 ha ) 253 certificates Europe 49.4% of total FSC-certified area ( 99,747,108 ha ) 733 certificates Asia 4.4% of total FSC-certified area ( 8,859,469 ha ) 253 certificates South America & Caribbean 6.9% of total FSC-certified area ( 13,827,707 ha ) 266 certificates Africa 3.5% of total FSC-certified area ( 7,044,300 ha ) 50 certificates Oceania 1.3% of total FSC-certified area ( 2,694,383 ha ) 40 certificates Total certified area: No. countries: Total no. certificates: ,757,446 ha 86 1,595 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 2,042,616 3 GHANA 12,147 2 MADAGASCAR 1,298 1 MOZAMBIQUE 50,753 2 NAMIBIA 339,845 6 RWANDA 9,785 1 SIERRA LEONE 3,313 1 SOUTH AFRICA 1,475, SWAZILAND 123,497 4 TANZANIA, UNITED 191,707 2 UGANDA 41,321 3 Total 7,044, Asia Total area (ha) No. CAMBODIA 7,896 1 CHINA 983, INDIA 631,501 9 INDONESIA 3,120, JAPAN 404, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 214,780 4 KYRGYZSTAN LAOS 18,010 3 MALAYSIA 755, NEPAL 12,282 1 SRI LANKA 17,030 3 TAIWAN 1,458 4 THAILAND 66, TURKEY 2,396,877 7 VIETNAM 228, Total 8,859, Europe Total area (ha) No. AUSTRIA BELARUS 8,846, BELGIUM 24,334 3 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1,654,459 6 BULGARIA 1,460, CROATIA 2,048,517 3 CZECH REPUBLIC 53,131 5 DENMARK 214,859 4 ESTONIA 1,492,081 9 FINLAND 1,611,184 8 FRANCE 56,302 8 GERMANY 1,352, HUNGARY 304,118 6 IRELAND 446,873 4 ITALY 63, LATVIA 1,044, LITHUANIA 1,140, LUXEMBOURG 22,062 3 NETHERLANDS 167,995 3 NORWAY 445,874 5 POLAND 6,937, PORTUGAL 411, ROMANIA 2,838, RUSSIA 46,706, SERBIA 963,228 3 SLOVAKIA 148, SLOVENIA 264,971 2 SPAIN 272, SWEDEN 12,276, SWITZERLAND 606,235 2 UKRAINE 4,267, UNITED KINGDOM 1,603, Total 99,747, Latin America & Caribbean Total area (ha) No. ARGENTINA 469, BELIZE 197,122 2 BOLIVIA 981,862 8 BRAZIL 6,787, CHILE 2,325, COLOMBIA 150,037 9 COSTA RICA 39, ECUADOR 57,466 4 GUATEMALA 503, GUYANA 385,737 2 HONDURAS 17,815 1 NICARAGUA 22,903 6 PANAMA 21,828 8 PARAGUAY 41,790 4 PERU 805, SURINAME 46,325 2 URUGUAY 956, VENEZUELA 16,752 1 Total 13,827, North America Total area (ha) No. CANADA 54,114, MEXICO 1,206, UNITED STATES 14,263, Total 69,584, Oceania Total area (ha) No. AUSTRALIA 1,245,528 13

4 FIJI 85,385 1 NEW ZEALAND 1,287, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 36,925 3 SOLOMON ISLANDS 39,406 1 Total 2,694, Number of countries: Total number of certificates: ,595 Total FSC-certified forest area: 201,757,

5 Global FSC Chain of Custody certificates North America 9.4% of total FSC CoC Certificates 3,296 FSC CoC certificates Europe 52% of total FSC CoC certificates 18,187 FSC CoC certificates Asia 32.5% of total FSC CoC certificates 11,356 FSC CoC certificates South America & Caribbean 4.3% of total FSC CoC Certificates 1,518 FSC CoC certificates Africa 0.6% of total FSC CoC certificates 200 FSC CoC certificates Oceania 1.2% of total FSC CoC certificates 411 FSC CoC certificates 7 No. of countries: Total no. of certificates: ,968 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 5 CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 3 EGYPT 25 GABON 9 GHANA 6 KENYA 3 MADAGASCAR 1 MAURITIUS 1 MOROCCO 6 MOZAMBIQUE 1 NAMIBIA 8 SEYCHELLES 3 SOUTH AFRICA 119 SWAZILAND 1 TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 2 TUNISIA 5 ZIMBABWE 1 Total 200 Asia No. BANGLADESH 90 CAMBODIA 3 CHINA 6,383 HONG KONG 614 INDIA 440 INDONESIA 281 ISRAEL 23 JAPAN 1,362 KAZAKHSTAN 1 KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S 1 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 264 KUWAIT 3 KYRGYZSTAN 2 LAOS 2 LEBANON 24 MACAU 2 MALAYSIA 174 MYANMAR 1 NEPAL 2 OMAN 5 PAKISTAN 33 PHILIPPINES 13 QATAR 10 SAUDI ARABIA 12 SINGAPORE 125 SRI LANKA 33 TAIWAN 240 THAILAND 150 TURKEY 329 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 120 VIETNAM 614 Total 11,356 Europe No. ALBANIA 1 AUSTRIA 289 BELARUS 145 BELGIUM 273 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 299 BULGARIA 433 CROATIA 277 CYPRUS 12 CZECH REPUBLIC 244 DENMARK 301 ESTONIA 263 FINLAND 127 FRANCE 740 GEORGIA 1 GERMANY 2,217 GIBRALTAR 1 GREECE 86 HUNGARY 150 IRELAND 121 ITALY 2,271 LATVIA 302 LIECHTENSTEIN 4 LITHUANIA 306 LUXEMBOURG 15 MACEDONIA 13 MALTA 13 MONACO 4 NETHERLANDS 1,206 NORWAY 57 POLAND 1,781 PORTUGAL 281 ROMANIA 659 RUSSIA 514 SAN MARINO 4 SERBIA 170 SLOVAKIA 143 SLOVENIA 221 SPAIN 905 SWEDEN 357 SWITZERLAND 448 UKRAINE 234 UNITED KINGDOM 2,299 Total 18,187 Latin America & Caribbean No. ARGENTINA 119 BAHAMAS 1 BELIZE 1 BOLIVIA 12 BRAZIL 1,035 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 5 CAYMAN ISLANDS 1 CHILE 187 COLOMBIA 29 COSTA RICA 10 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 ECUADOR 15

7 EL SALVADOR 4 GUATEMALA 9 GUYANA 3 HONDURAS 2 PANAMA 3 PARAGUAY 6 PERU 43 PUERTO RICO 2 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1 SURINAME 6 URUGUAY 17 VENEZUELA 5 Total 1,518 North America No. CANADA 649 MEXICO 138 UNITED STATES 2,509 Total 3,296 Oceania No. AUSTRALIA 260 FIJI 2 NEW ZEALAND 145 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2 SAMOA 2 Total 411 Number of Countries: Total number of certificates: 34,968

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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