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Forests, Grasslands and Drylands — Forest Certification: FSC-certified natural forest area Units: Hectares

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		1998	1999	2000	2002	2004
World
World		3,550,722	5,192,086	7,709,556	11,457,393	17,469,045
		1998	1999	2000	2002	2004
Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East)		55,083	55,083	55,083	145,323	158,399
Central America & Caribbean		136,556	261,494	295,037	860,225	1,184,746
Europe		1,628,014	2,277,437	3,699,017	4,830,994	6,918,384
Middle East & North Africa		0	0	0	0	0
North America		1,465,872	1,967,675	2,564,825	4,219,887	7,453,906
Oceania		4,310	4,310	9,773	29,808	25,498
South America		236,037	601,237	935,551	1,285,176	1,625,408
Sub-Saharan Africa		24,850	24,850	150,270	85,980	102,704
Developed Countries		3,093,886	4,245,112	6,335,393	9,076,379	14,401,139
Developing Countries		456,836	946,974	1,374,163	2,381,014	3,067,906
High Income Countries		1,488,817	2,027,106	3,967,683	5,928,116	9,199,632
Low Income Countries		32,820	38,718	44,726	38,718	92,008
Middle Income Countries		2,029,085	3,126,262	3,697,147	5,490,559	8,177,405
	ISO	1998	1999	2000	2002	2004
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	0	0	0	0	0
Albania	ALB	0	0	0	0	0
Algeria	DZA	0	0	0	0	0
American Samoa	ASM	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	AND	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	AGO	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	0	0	0	0	0
Argentina	ARG	0	0	0	0	81,332
Armenia	ARM	0	0	0	0	0
Aruba	ABW	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	AUS	0	0	0	0	0
Austria	AUT	0	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijan	AZE	0	0	0	0	0
Bahamas	BHS	0	0	0	0	0
Bahrain	BHR	0	0	0	0	0
Bangladesh	BGD	0	0	0	0	0
Barbados	BRB	0	0	0	0	0
Belarus	BLR	0	0	0	0	0
Belgium	BEL	0	0	0	0	0
Belize	BLZ	95,800	95,800	95,800	95,800	104,888
Benin	BEN	0	0	0	0	0
Bermuda	BMU	0	0	0	0	0
Bhutan	BTN	0	0	0	0	0
Bolivia	BOL	155,466	520,666	854,980	927,263	1,012,948
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	0	0	0	0	0
Botswana	BWA	0	0	0	0	0
Brazil	BRA	80,571	80,571	80,571	357,913	527,540
British Virgin Islands	VGB	0	0	0	0	0
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgaria	BGR	0	0	0	0	0
Burkina Faso	BFA	0	0	0	0	0
Burundi	BDI	0	0	0	0	0
Cambodia	KHM	0	0	0	0	0
Cameroon	CMR	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	CAN	21,996	21,996	28,015	971,441	4,213,015
Cape Verde	CPV	0	0	0	0	0
Cayman Islands	CYM	0	0	0	0	0
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	0	0	0	0	0
Central African Rep	CAF	0	0	0	0	0
Chad	TCD	0	0	0	0	0
Channel Islands		0	0	0	0	0
Chile	CHL	0	0	0	0	3,588
China	CHN	0	0	0	0	0
Colombia	COL	0	0	0	0	0
Comoros	COM	0	0	0	0	0
Congo	COG	0	0	0	0	0
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	0	0	0	0	0
Cook Islands	COK	0	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	CRI	9,052	9,052	8,246	9,052	475
Croatia	HRV	0	0	166,861	372,765	0
Cuba	CUB	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprus	CYP	0	0	0	0	0
Czech Rep	CZE	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark	DNK	0	0	36	0	0
Djibouti	DJI	0	0	0	0	0
Dominica	DMA	0	0	0	0	0
Dominican Rep	DOM	0	0	0	0	0
Ecuador	ECU	0	0	0	0	0
Egypt	EGY	0	0	0	0	0
El Salvador	SLV	0	0	0	0	0
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	0	0	0	0	0
Eritrea	ERI	0	0	0	0	0
Estonia	EST	0	0	0	0	0
Ethiopia	ETH	0	0	0	0	0
Faeroe Islands	FRO	0	0	0	0	0
Falkland Islands	FLK	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	FIN	0	0	0	0	0
France	FRA	0	0	0	0	0
French Guiana	GUF	0	0	0	0	0
French Polynesia	PYF	0	0	0	0	0
Gabon	GAB	0	0	0	0	0
Gambia	GMB	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia	GEO	0	0	0	0	0
Germany	DEU	0	4,000	2,258	25,897	22,750
Ghana	GHA	0	0	0	0	0
Gibraltar	GIB	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	GRC	0	0	0	0	0
Greenland	GRL	0	0	0	0	0
Grenada	GRD	0	0	0	0	0
Guadeloupe	GLP	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	GUM	0	0	0	0	0
Guatemala	GTM	12,217	97,444	100,026	310,219	463,622
Guinea	GIN	0	0	0	0	0
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	0	0	0	0	0
Guyana	GUY	0	0	0	0	0
Haiti	HTI	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	HND	7,970	13,868	19,876	13,868	37,277
Hong Kong	HKG	0	0	0	0	0
Hungary	HUN	0	0	0	0	52,074
Iceland	ISL	0	0	0	0	0
India	IND	0	0	0	0	0
Indonesia	IDN	0	0	0	90,240	90,240
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	0	0	0	0	0
Iraq	IRQ	0	0	0	0	0
Ireland	IRL	0	0	0	0	0
Isle of Man		0	0	0	0	0
Israel	ISR	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	ITA	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000
Jamaica	JAM	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	JPN	0	0	0	0	3,351
Jordan	JOR	0	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	KAZ	0	0	0	0	0
Kenya	KEN	0	0	0	0	0
Kiribati	KIR	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, Rep	KOR	0	0	0	0	0
Kuwait	KWT	0	0	0	0	0
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	0	0	0	0	0
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	0	0	0	0	0
Latvia	LVA	0	0	0	0	779,675
Lebanon	LBN	0	0	0	0	0
Lesotho	LSO	0	0	0	0	0
Liberia	LBR	0	0	0	0	0
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LBY	0	0	0	0	0
Liechtenstein	LIE	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	LTU	0	0	0	0	319,396
Luxembourg	LUX	0	0	0	0	0
Macau	MAC	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonia, FYR	MKD	0	0	0	0	0
Madagascar	MDG	0	0	0	0	0
Malawi	MWI	0	0	0	0	0
Malaysia	MYS	55,083	55,083	55,083	55,083	64,808
Maldives	MDV	0	0	0	0	0
Mali	MLI	0	0	0	0	0
Malta	MLT	0	0	0	0	0
Marshall Islands	MHL	0	0	0	0	0
Martinique	MTQ	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritania	MRT	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritius	MUS	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	MEX	11,517	45,330	71,089	431,286	565,327
Micronesia, Fed States	FSM	0	0	0	0	0
Moldova, Rep	MDA	0	0	0	0	0
Monaco	MCO	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolia	MNG	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco	MAR	0	0	0	0	0
Mozambique	MOZ	0	0	0	0	0
Myanmar	MMR	0	0	0	0	0
Namibia	NAM	0	0	54,420	61,130	61,130
Nauru	NRU	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal	NPL	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	NLD	0	0	0	0	3,896
Netherlands Antilles	ANT	0	0	0	0	0
New Caledonia	NCL	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	NZL	0	0	551	25,498	25,498
Nicaragua	NIC	0	0	0	0	13,157
Niger	NER	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	NGA	0	0	0	0	0
Niue	NIU	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	MNP	0	0	0	0	0
Norway	NOR	0	0	0	0	0
Oman	OMN	0	0	0	0	0
Pakistan	PAK	0	0	0	0	0
Palau	PLW	0	0	0	0	0
Panama	PAN	0	0	0	0	0
Papua New Guinea	PNG	4,310	4,310	4,310	4,310	0
Paraguay	PRY	0	0	0	0	0
Peru	PER	0	0	0	0	0
Philippines	PHL	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	POL	1,605,069	2,218,006	2,129,849	2,742,786	3,204,801
Portugal	PRT	0	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	PRI	0	0	0	0	0
Qatar	QAT	0	0	0	0	0
Réunion	REU	0	0	0	0	0
Romania	ROU	0	0	0	0	0
Russian Federation	RUS	0	0	0	32,712	845,561
Rwanda	RWA	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Helena	SHN	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	SPM	0	0	0	0	0
Samoa	WSM	0	0	0	0	0
San Marino	SMR	0	0	0	0	0
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	0	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	SAU	0	0	0	0	0
Senegal	SEN	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia and Montenegro	YUG	0	0	0	0	0
Seychelles	SYC	0	0	0	0	0
Sierra Leone	SLE	0	0	0	0	0
Singapore	SGP	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	SVK	0	0	0	0	0
Slovenia	SVN	0	0	0	0	0
Solomon Islands	SLB	0	0	4,912	0	0
Somalia	SOM	0	0	0	0	0
South Africa	ZAF	0	0	71,000	0	0
Spain	ESP	0	0	0	0	0
Sri Lanka	LKA	0	0	0	0	0
St. Lucia	LCA	0	0	0	0	0
St. Vincent & Grenadines	VCT	0	0	0	0	0
Sudan	SDN	0	0	0	0	0
Suriname	SUR	0	0	0	0	0
Swaziland	SWZ	0	0	0	0	0
Sweden	SWE	0	18,012	1,362,594	1,598,309	1,612,097
Switzerland	CHE	2,095	4,235	4,235	22,087	0
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwan	TWN	0	0	0	0	0
Tajikistan	TJK	0	0	0	0	0
Tanzania	TZA	0	0	0	0	0
Thailand	THA	0	0	0	0	0
Timor-Leste	TMP	0	0	0	0	0
Togo	TGO	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	TON	0	0	0	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	0	0	0	0	0
Tunisia	TUN	0	0	0	0	0
Turkey	TUR	0	0	0	0	0
Turkmenistan	TKM	0	0	0	0	0
Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA	0	0	0	0	0
Uganda	UGA	0	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	UKR	0	0	0	0	0
United Arab Emirates	ARE	0	0	0	0	0
United Kingdom	GBR	9,850	22,184	22,184	25,438	67,134
United States	USA	1,443,876	1,945,679	2,536,810	3,248,446	3,240,891
Uruguay	URY	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbekistan	UZB	0	0	0	0	0
Vanuatu	VUT	0	0	0	0	0
Venezuela	VEN	0	0	0	0	0
Viet Nam	VNM	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands	VIR	0	0	0	0	0
Western Sahara		0	0	0	0	0
Yemen	YEM	0	0	0	0	0
Zambia	ZMB	0	0	0	0	0
Zimbabwe	ZWE	24,850	24,850	24,850	24,850	41,574

Footnotes

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Source

WRI compilation of data from: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004. Forests Certified by FSC-Accredited Certification Bodies. Document 5.3.3. Oaxaca, Mexico, FSC. Available online at: http://www.fscoax.org/principal.htm.