Tracking Ramin Wood

Greenpeace discovered that ramin (gonystylus bancanus)a protected woodwas being processed by the pulp amd paper industry. But Indah Kiat pulp company denies it.

March 14, 2012

A mountain of logs was stacked inside the compound of the PT Kiat Indah Perawang pulp factory, located in the Siak regency of Riau province. The Greenpeace investigators took a small piece of ramin wood and placed it in a plastic bag and then sealed it. They also measured the diameter of the log and noted the coordinates of its location with their GPS device.

The video documenting their investigation showed several people in a laboratory outsid

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