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Have questions about certification or looking to get started? Find your local FSC team below.
Africa
Africa has an estimated 636 million ha of forest - about 26 percent of land area (according to data from World Bank and FAO). From the lush Congo rainforest to the woodlands of Uganda, there is a wide range of habitats, biodiversity, and wildlife in this region.
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Asia Pacific
The Asia Pacific region is home to over 750 million hectares of forests – 18% of global forest cover. Southeast Asia is the world’s third-largest forested area, with its forests encompassing countless sites that are rich in biodiversity.
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Europe
Europe has a great variety of forest types: from boreal in Siberia through temperate forests in the center to subtropical in the south around the Mediterranean Sea. Forests in the region cover 1.1 billion ha – in other words approximately a quarter of the world’s forests.
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Latin America
Home to the world’s largest forest – the Amazon Rainforest, which itself is over 525 million ha – Latin America is the most biodiverse region in the world. Nearly 1 billion ha of forests cover this region.
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North America
From boreal and coastal forests in Canada to the temperate and tropical forests of the United States, this region spans a great variety of forest types. There are 660 million ha of forests in North America.
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