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Good news!

Certified forests supplies about 30 percent of the global industrial roundwood market. By 2017 this number will be 45 percent.

Sustainable forests

Many forests are managed in more sustainable ways. Today such forests cover an area of more than 3 million square kilometers, or almost 8 percent of the world's forests.

Sustainable forests

These forests make no use of pesticides, do not allow genetically modified trees, and respect the rights and homes of native people.

The products

Certified forest products include everything from furniture and kitchen ware to cosmetics and clothes.

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  In 2006, certified forests supplied about 24 percent of the global industrial roundwood market. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) estimates annual sales of FSC-labelled products at 20 billion US dollars. Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) estimates that 45 percent of the world’s roundwood production will come from certified forests by 2017.
  • FAO report: State of world’s forests 2009, p74

• 1. Good news!

     • FAO report: State of world’s forests 2009, p74

  2. Sustainable forests

     • FAO report: State of world’s forests 2009

  3. Sustainable forests

     • FAO: report: State of world’s forests 2009

  4. The products

     • FSC certified products
     • FSC Certificate Database

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• ALL FACTS
• Forests cut down or burned
• Wild forests left
• Replanted forests
• Growth of world's deserts
• Wood production
• Certified forest-friendly products
• Species gone extinct

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