Country guides

These guides will give you a summary of forestry in countries along with the results of the Carnstone country forest risk assessment. You can also see where paper mills are located in each country.

Please note that paper mills featured in the guides are only those listed in the Book Chain Project and so there may not be an exhaustive list in each country. A listing on the database also does not constitute any endorsement from the Book Chain Project. The detailed results of product-specific risk assessments are only available to publisher and supplier participants inside the database itself.

Name Land Area (ha) Forest % FSC % PEFC % Deforestation Risk Transhipment Risk Mills
Afghanistan 65,223,000 2.1 Yes No 0
Albania 2,740,000 28.3 Yes No 0
Algeria 238,174,000 0.6 Yes No 0
American Samoa No No 0
Andorra 47,000 34.0 No No 0
Antigua and Barbuda 44,000 22.3 No No 0
Argentina 273,669,000 10.7 0.9 Yes Yes 2
Armenia 2,848,000 9.1 Yes Yes 1
Australia 768,230,000 19.3 0.6 6.4 No No 3
Austria 8,240,900 47.2 0.0 69.2 No No 6
Bahamas 1,001,000 51.4 No No 0
Bangladesh 13,017,000 11.1 Yes No 0
Belarus 20,291,000 42.7 68.9 77.0 Yes Yes 0
Belgium 3,028,000 22.4 3.0 42.6 No No 3
Belize 2,281,000 60.6 12.3 Yes No 0
Bolivia 108,330,000 52.5 1.6 Yes Yes 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,100,000 42.8 59.0 No No 0
Brazil 845,942,000 61.2 1.4 0.3 Yes Yes 8
Bulgaria 10,856,000 36.7 4.4 No Yes 0
Cambodia 17,652,000 56.5 Yes Yes 0
Cameroon 47,271,000 41.7 5.1 Yes No 0
Canada 909,351,000 34.1 18.2 36.6 No No 20
Central African Republic 62,298,000 36.2 Yes No 0
Chile 74,353,200 21.9 7.1 11.8 No No 2
China 932,748,990 22.5 1.5 Yes Yes 83
Christmas Island No No 0
Colombia 110,950,000 54.4 0.2 Yes No 2
Congo (DR) 226,705,000 67.9 Yes Yes 0
Congo (R) 34,150,000 65.6 10.8 Yes Yes 0
Croatia 5,596,000 34.4 106.0 No No 0
Czech Republic 7,724,000 34.4 1.9 No Yes 1
Denmark 4,243,000 12.9 36.4 46.5 No No 1
Ecuador 24,836,000 38.9 0.6 Yes No 0
Egypt 99,545,000 0.1 No No 0
Estonia 4,239,000 52.1 51.6 40.6 Yes Yes 0
Fiji 1,827,000 55.7 No No 0
Finland 30,389,000 72.9 1.9 95.1 No No 22
France 54,766,000 29.2 0.1 28.9 No No 11
Gabon 25,767,000 85.4 8.5 No No 0
Germany 34,857,000 31.8 5.2 66.7 No No 25
Ghana 22,754,000 21.2 0.0 Yes Yes 0
Greece 12,890,000 30.5 No Yes 0
Guatemala 10,716,000 33.6 13.9 Yes Yes 0
Guyana 19,685,000 77.2 Yes No 0
Honduras 11,189,000 45.3 2.9 Yes Yes 0
Hong Kong 104,200 No No 3
Hungary 9,053,000 22.5 15.8 No Yes 0
Iceland 10,025,000 0.3 No No 0
India 297,319,000 23.1 0.6 No Yes 25
Indonesia 181,157,000 51.7 1.8 Yes Yes 6
Ireland 6,889,000 10.9 59.6 No No 1
Israel 2,164,000 7.1 Yes Yes 1
Italy 29,414,000 31.4 0.6 8.3 No Yes 18
Japan 36,450,000 68.6 1.6 No No 15
Kazakhstan 269,970,000 1.2 Yes Yes 0
Kenya 56,914,000 6.1 0.0 Yes Yes 0
Korea (North) 12,041,000 46.0 Yes Yes 0
Korea (South) 9,710,000 64.0 6.0 No No 14
Laos 23,080,000 67.9 0.5 Yes No 0
Latvia 6,220,000 54.1 51.7 50.0 Yes Yes 0
Liberia 9,632,000 44.6 Yes Yes 0
Lithuania 6,267,400 34.6 48.8 Yes Yes 0
Luxembourg 259,000 33.5 23.5 35.0 No No 0
Madagascar 58,154,000 21.5 Yes Yes 0
Malawi 9,428,000 34.0 Yes Yes 0
Malaysia 32,855,000 62.0 2.3 22.6 Yes Yes 3
Maldives 30,000 3.0 Yes No 0
Malta 32,000 0.9 Yes No 0
Mexico 194,395,000 33.3 1.1 Yes No 2
Mongolia 155,356,000 7.0 Yes Yes 0
Morocco 44,630,000 11.5 No Yes 0
Myanmar 65,329,000 48.2 Yes No 0
Netherlands 3,373,000 10.8 46.6 No No 6
New Zealand 26,331,000 31.4 17.6 No No 2
Norway 30,425,000 33.3 2.5 90.0 No No 2
Pakistan 77,088,000 2.1 Yes Yes 2
Papua New Guinea 45,286,000 63.1 0.0 Yes No 0
Paraguay 39,730,000 43.8 0.1 Yes No 0
Peru 128,000,000 53.0 1.3 Yes Yes 0
Philippines 29,817,000 25.9 No Yes 1
Poland 30,415,000 30.8 74.7 78.0 No Yes 4
Portugal 9,147,000 37.8 9.4 6.6 Yes Yes 2
Romania 23,016,000 28.7 36.1 No Yes 0
Russia 1,637,687,000 49.4 4.3 0.1 Yes Yes 1
Saudi Arabia 214,969,000 0.5 No No 1
Serbia 8,746,000 31.6 36.2 No No 0
Singapore 70,000 3.3 No No 0
Slovakia 4,808,800 40.2 7.5 63.8 No Yes 1
Slovenia 2,014,000 62.3 20.4 No Yes 3
South Africa 121,309,000 7.6 17.1 Yes Yes 2
Spain 49,880,000 36.8 0.7 8.8 No No 12
Swaziland 1,720,000 33.0 19.6 No No 0
Sweden 41,034,000 68.7 41.4 33.7 No No 16
Switzerland 4,000,000 31.1 47.9 3.3 No No 1
Taiwan No No 6
Thailand 51,089,000 37.2 1.0 Yes Yes 4
Turkey 76,963,000 14.9 12.1 No Yes 1
UAE 8,360,000 3.8 No No 1
Uganda 19,981,000 14.5 3.7 Yes No 0
UK 24,193,000 11.9 59.0 44.9 No No 12
Ukraine 57,932,000 16.8 16.8 Yes Yes 0
Uruguay 17,502,000 10.2 47.9 No No 1
USA 914,742,000 33.3 4.7 11.3 No No 66
Venezuela 88,205,000 52.1 0.3 Yes No 0
Vietnam 31,007,000 45.0 0.4 Yes No 4
Zambia 74,339,000 66.3 Yes No 0