Jan 21, 2008. /Lesprom Network/. Forest watchdog group Greenomics Indonesia has urged the government to audit the country's wood processing industry and respond to claims of a diminishing supply of raw materials, published The Jakarta Post. The call was made after a Greenomics report showed 31,9% of 122 wood processing companies enjoyed a surplus of raw material in 2006, while 46 firms, mostly from plywood and cut timber industries, lacked supply in the same period. "It shows a contradictory fact... On one hand, many wood players protest the declining amount of raw material but others enjoy a surplus," Greenomics national coordinator Vanda Mutia Dewi told. "If the government takes no action, such contrary conditions will remain in place this year. We just analyze reports of wood processing firms submitted to the ministry. The ministry knows the names of the companies that recorded a raw material surplus," she said. Vanda Mutia Dewi said the raw material surplus absorbed by processing companies reached 2.22 million cubic meters. "70% of raw materials were absorbed by the plywood and cut timber industries, and the remaining by the pulp and paper firms," she said. "The ministry also needs to audit companies experiencing a lack of raw materials supply," she added. Indonesia is home to the world's third-largest forest areas, at 140 million hectares, of which 60% has been designated natural production forest.