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Monitoring FSC's reach

At FSC we monitor and track the global uptake of forest management and chain of custody certification and analyse the main distribution and key trends.

Monitoring FSC's reach
FSC / Marius Čepulis

How do we monitor FSC’s reach?

We track the growth in certified forest area and number of certificate holders, both for forest management and chain of custody certification. This information represents the foundation of FSC’s M&E system and can in turn be used to scope and prioritize further M&E activities.

The Facts & Figures dashboard offers insights into the distribution of FSC certification and trends over time.

The Community & Family Forests dashboard provides a closer look at the trends of certified forest area and number of certificate holders for managed “small or low intensity managed forests (SLIMF)” and “community forests”.
 

FAQs

  1. What is the purpose of the Facts & Figures dashboard?

    The purpose is to see the growth in global forest areas certified to FSC Principles and Criteria, as well as the global supply chain certification growth. The dashboard answers the following questions:

    1. What is the total forest management certified area globally, and how is it distributed? 
    2. What is the total number of forest management certificates and chain of custody certificates, and how they are distributed globally?
    3. What are the trends at global, regional, and national scales?

  2. Where is the information presented in the Facts & Figures dashboard coming from?

    The information is updated automatically, and it is obtained from the Certificate holder's annual reports. 

  3. Why does the number of certificates presented on the map differ from those in the pdf documents published on the FSC website?

    The data in FSC database is stored with certain accuracy (e.g. certain decimal). Depending on the purpose of data extraction, numbers are rounded up to a different decimal, therefore differences occur. Additionally, data for different purposes is extracted at different times from our database, which leads to variances.

*The data above is updated on a daily basis