FSC Facts & Figures August 1, 2018
Global FSC-certified forest area North America 34.6% of total FSC-certified area ( 69,481,877 ha ) 253 certificates Europe 49.4% of total FSC-certified area ( 99,104,573 ha ) 727 certificates Asia 4.3% of total FSC-certified area ( 8,714,096 ha ) 252 certificates South America & Caribbean 6.9% of total FSC-certified area ( 13,771,764 ha ) 267 certificates Africa 3.5% of total FSC-certified area ( 7,062,573 ha ) 50 certificates Oceania 1.3% of total FSC-certified area ( 2,673,681 ha ) 39 certificates Total certified area: No. countries: Total no. certificates: 2 1 3 200,808,563 ha 86 1,588 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: 01.08.2018
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 SIERRA LEONE 3,137 1 SOUTH AFRICA 1,473,808 20 SWAZILAND 123,497 4 TANZANIA, UNITED 221,749 3 UGANDA 41,321 3 Total 7,062,573 50 Asia Total area (ha) No. CAMBODIA 7,896 1 CHINA 988,098 76 INDIA 528,374 8 INDONESIA 2,951,925 38 JAPAN 404,339 36 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 337,616 7 KYRGYZSTAN 312 1 LAOS 18,010 3 MALAYSIA 755,584 13 NEPAL 12,282 1 SRI LANKA 17,030 3 TAIWAN 1,458 4 THAILAND 65,016 18 TURKEY 2,396,877 7 VIETNAM 229,281 36 Total 8,714,096 252 Europe Total area (ha) No. AUSTRIA 587 2 BELARUS 8,843,092 62 BELGIUM 24,334 3 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1,654,459 6 BULGARIA 1,485,664 28 CROATIA 2,048,517 3 CZECH REPUBLIC 53,301 5 DENMARK 212,739 4 ESTONIA 1,486,575 9 FINLAND 1,611,184 8 FRANCE 56,302 8 GERMANY 1,363,142 58 HUNGARY 304,118 6 IRELAND 446,873 4 ITALY 63,749 17 LATVIA 1,044,690 15 LITHUANIA 1,140,240 47 LUXEMBOURG 22,062 3 NETHERLANDS 167,995 3 NORWAY 445,874 5 POLAND 6,933,979 19 PORTUGAL 414,064 33 ROMANIA 2,825,018 31 RUSSIA 46,232,827 157 SERBIA 963,228 3 SLOVAKIA 148,292 10 SLOVENIA 264,971 2 SPAIN 271,799 29 SWEDEN 12,246,044 22 SWITZERLAND 606,235 2 UKRAINE 4,119,196 92 UNITED KINGDOM 1,603,422 31 Total 99,104,573 727 Latin America & Caribbean Total area (ha) No. ARGENTINA 469,122 11 BELIZE 197,122 2 BOLIVIA 981,862 8 BRAZIL 6,739,451 125 CHILE 2,325,679 24 COLOMBIA 150,037 9 COSTA RICA 39,429 15 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 365 1 ECUADOR 57,466 4 GUATEMALA 503,745 11 GUYANA 377,721 2 HONDURAS 17,815 1 NICARAGUA 22,903 6 PANAMA 22,501 8 PARAGUAY 41,686 4 PERU 805,831 11 SURINAME 46,325 2 URUGUAY 955,953 22 VENEZUELA 16,752 1 Total 13,771,764 267 North America Total area (ha) No. CANADA 54,110,059 61 MEXICO 1,205,321 87 UNITED STATES 14,166,497 105 Total 69,481,877 253 Oceania Total area (ha) No. AUSTRALIA 1,245,528 13 FIJI 85,385 1 NEW ZEALAND 1,266,438 21
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 36,925 3 SOLOMON ISLANDS 39,406 1 Total 2,673,681 39 Number of countries: Total number of certificates: 4 86 1,588 Total FSC-certified forest area: 200,808,563 5 6
Global FSC Chain of Custody certificates North America 9.6% of total FSC CoC Certificates 3,316 FSC CoC certificates Europe 52.4% of total FSC CoC certificates 18,140 FSC CoC certificates Asia 32% of total FSC CoC certificates 11,070 FSC CoC certificates South America & Caribbean 4.4% of total FSC CoC Certificates 1,508 FSC CoC certificates Africa 0.6% of total FSC CoC certificates 193 FSC CoC certificates Oceania 1.2% of total FSC CoC certificates 409 FSC CoC certificates 7 No. of countries: Total no. of certificates: 8 124 34,636 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: 01.08.2018
Global FSC Chain of Custody certificates: by region and country Africa No. ALGERIA 1 CAMEROON 5 CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 3 EGYPT 21 GABON 9 GHANA 6 KENYA 3 MADAGASCAR 1 MAURITIUS 1 MOROCCO 6 MOZAMBIQUE 1 NAMIBIA 8 SEYCHELLES 3 SOUTH AFRICA 116 SWAZILAND 1 TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 2 TUNISIA 5 ZIMBABWE 1 Total 193 Asia No. BAHRAIN 1 BANGLADESH 83 CAMBODIA 3 CHINA 6,146 HONG KONG 611 INDIA 430 INDONESIA 280 ISRAEL 23 JAPAN 1,355 KAZAKHSTAN 1 KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S 1 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 276 KUWAIT 2 KYRGYZSTAN 2 LAOS 2 LEBANON 24 MACAU 2 MALAYSIA 176 MYANMAR 1 NEPAL 2 OMAN 5 PAKISTAN 30 PHILIPPINES 13 QATAR 10 SAUDI ARABIA 13 SINGAPORE 126 SRI LANKA 32 TAIWAN 239 THAILAND 146 TURKEY 312 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 121 VIETNAM 602 Total 11,070 Europe No. ALBANIA 2 AUSTRIA 290 BELARUS 139 BELGIUM 272 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 298 BULGARIA 434 CROATIA 278 CYPRUS 12 CZECH REPUBLIC 242 DENMARK 300 ESTONIA 263 FINLAND 126 FRANCE 740 GEORGIA 1 GERMANY 2,212 GIBRALTAR 1 GREECE 86 HUNGARY 147 IRELAND 121 ITALY 2,260 LATVIA 305 LIECHTENSTEIN 4 LITHUANIA 300 LUXEMBOURG 14 MACEDONIA 12 MALTA 13 MONACO 3 NETHERLANDS 1,213 NORWAY 55 POLAND 1,776 PORTUGAL 277 ROMANIA 660 RUSSIA 497 SAN MARINO 4 SERBIA 169 SLOVAKIA 141 SLOVENIA 217 SPAIN 904 SWEDEN 355 SWITZERLAND 455 UKRAINE 231 UNITED KINGDOM 2,311 Total 18,140 Latin America & Caribbean No. ARGENTINA 119 BAHAMAS 1 BELIZE 1 BOLIVIA 12 BRAZIL 1,031 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 5 CAYMAN ISLANDS 1 CHILE 185 COLOMBIA 29 COSTA RICA 10 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2
ECUADOR 14 EL SALVADOR 5 GUATEMALA 9 GUYANA 3 HONDURAS 2 PANAMA 3 PARAGUAY 5 PERU 40 PUERTO RICO 2 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1 SURINAME 6 URUGUAY 17 VENEZUELA 5 Total 1,508 North America No. CANADA 653 MEXICO 137 UNITED STATES 2,526 Total 3,316 Oceania No. AUSTRALIA 259 FIJI 2 NEW ZEALAND 144 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2 SAMOA 2 Total 409 Number of Countries: 124 9 10 Total number of certificates: 34,636
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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 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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