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

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		2004	2002	2000	1999	1998
World
World		41,655,955	27,227,418	20,746,552	11,585,820	5,806,231
		2004	2002	2000	1999	1998
Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East)		466,883	245,395	158,206	55,083	55,083
Central America & Caribbean		1,249,212	1,032,902	426,634	345,257	211,362
Europe		26,077,724	16,255,267	14,337,682	7,051,280	3,348,751
Middle East & North Africa		0	0	0	0	0
North America		8,086,069	5,860,065	2,889,277	2,291,601	1,487,988
Oceania		756,429	653,970	410,078	6,615	6,615
South America		3,281,252	2,109,903	1,550,538	1,079,938	463,101
Sub-Saharan Africa		1,738,386	1,069,916	974,137	756,046	233,331
Developed Countries		36,644,279	23,630,205	18,421,262	10,028,728	5,047,525
Developing Countries		5,118,076	3,597,213	2,325,290	1,557,092	758,706
High Income Countries		21,909,198	18,302,899	14,437,334	7,127,180	3,233,975
Low Income Countries		213,702	124,429	111,465	86,372	32,820
Middle Income Countries		19,533,055	8,800,090	6,197,753	4,372,268	2,539,436
	ISO	2004	2002	2000	1999	1998
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	130,993	0	0	0	0
Armenia	ARM	0	0	0	0	0
Aruba	ABW	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	AUS	0	0	0	0	0
Austria	AUT	4,044	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	106,400	0	0	0	0
Belgium	BEL	5,999	4,342	4,342	0	0
Belize	BLZ	104,888	95,800	95,800	95,800	95,800
Benin	BEN	0	0	0	0	0
Bermuda	BMU	0	0	0	0	0
Bhutan	BTN	0	0	0	0	0
Bolivia	BOL	1,012,948	927,263	884,980	520,666	155,466
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	0	0	0	0	0
Botswana	BWA	0	0	0	0	0
Brazil	BRA	1,463,718	1,182,640	665,558	559,272	307,635
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	4,253,822	1,972,361	30,046	43,992	43,992
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	376,364	0	0	0	0
China	CHN	940	0	0	0	0
Colombia	COL	58,444	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	49,346	85,986	40,538	21,338	12,381
Croatia	HRV	1,988,480	372,765	166,861	0	0
Cuba	CUB	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprus	CYP	0	0	0	0	0
Czech Rep	CZE	10,441	10,441	10,441	0	0
Denmark	DNK	372	372	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	21,341	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	1,063,517	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	93	0	0	0	0
France	FRA	15,325	15,363	1,050	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	524,532	417,673	222,182	94,914	26,420
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	469,226	312,461	100,026	97,444	12,217
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	37,277	13,868	19,876	13,868	7,970
Hong Kong	HKG	0	0	0	0	0
Hungary	HUN	188,687	0	0	0	0
Iceland	ISL	0	0	0	0	0
India	IND	0	0	0	0	0
Indonesia	IDN	90,240	151,589	72,278	0	0
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	0	0	0	0	0
Iraq	IRQ	0	0	0	0	0
Ireland	IRL	438,000	0	0	0	0
Isle of Man		0	0	0	0	0
Israel	ISR	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	ITA	11,411	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000
Jamaica	JAM	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	JPN	266,489	6,390	3,319	0	0
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	1,685,932	0	0	0	0
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	7,372	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	LTU	385,537	0	0	0	0
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	77,242	67,517	55,083	55,083	55,083
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	565,327	516,404	169,215	116,700	82,887
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	61,130	61,130	54,420	0	0
Nauru	NRU	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal	NPL	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	NLD	127,056	102,522	69,064	16,425	0
Netherlands Antilles	ANT	0	0	0	0	0
New Caledonia	NCL	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	NZL	717,027	610,258	362,856	2,305	2,305
Nicaragua	NIC	13,157	0	0	0	0
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	5,100	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	9,991	8,383	1,179	107	107
Papua New Guinea	PNG	0	4,310	4,310	4,310	4,310
Paraguay	PRY	2,700	0	0	0	0
Peru	PER	0	0	0	0	0
Philippines	PHL	14,800	14,800	14,800	0	0
Poland	POL	6,186,018	3,592,160	2,742,786	2,218,006	1,605,069
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	31,611	0	0	0	0
Russian Federation	RUS	1,395,479	215,715	32,712	0	0
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	43,659	0	0	0	0
Slovenia	SVN	0	0	0	0	0
Solomon Islands	SLB	39,402	39,402	42,912	0	0
Somalia	SOM	0	0	0	0	0
South Africa	ZAF	1,496,970	898,225	828,128	683,542	208,481
Spain	ESP	1,135	0	0	0	0
Sri Lanka	LKA	16,251	5,099	12,726	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	17,018	0	0	0	0
Sweden	SWE	10,311,603	10,130,310	9,867,087	3,789,637	1,694,200
Switzerland	CHE	243,185	83,937	48,801	4,252	2,112
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	921	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	35,000	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	UKR	152,350	238,000	203,000	0	0
United Arab Emirates	ARE	0	0	0	0	0
United Kingdom	GBR	1,144,386	1,060,667	958,320	917,046	9,950
United States	USA	3,832,247	3,887,704	2,859,231	2,247,609	1,443,996
Uruguay	URY	75,094	0	0	0	0
Uzbekistan	UZB	0	0	0	0	0
Vanuatu	VUT	0	0	0	0	0
Venezuela	VEN	139,650	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	983	0	0	0	0
Zimbabwe	ZWE	127,285	110,561	91,589	72,504	24,850

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.