Forest area certified under a forest management certification scheme with published standards and is independently verified by a third-party. Data on forest area under an independently verified forest management certification scheme are reported to FAO by the head offices of respective forest certification scheme, who are jointly adjusting the figures to remove any double accounting.

• Source/link:
  View web page
• Unit:
  ha
• Data type:
  Statistics
• Geographical scope:
  Global (not exhaustive)
• Frequency of data aggregation:
  Annual (not exhaustive)
• Time coverage (from year):
  2000
• Time coverage (to year):
  2022
• Available for download in xls/csv:
  YES
• Can be disclosed in other formats:
  NO
• Interactive map/graph available:
  NO