With a total population of 230 million habitants, timber consumption for Indonesia is huge. The orientation of the existing concessionaires to export has reduced their capacity to provide domestic demand of timber. Due to the 2004 Tsunami in Aceh, the earthquake in Yogyakarta in 2006, and earthquake in West Sumatra in 2009  large quantities of timber for reconstruction are required. The Ministry of Forestry has no information on how to address this domestic need for timber.

The study aims at providing a better knowledge and information, change the orientation of timber trade, and at the same time address the issue of illegal logging.