Species Use Database

ramin tree
Gonystylus bancanus

Used for Medicine and hygiene, Energy, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression and Materials and construction in Malaysia

A. Species

Scientific name: Gonystylus bancanus

Common name(s): ramin tree

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Critically Endangered


B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

  • Malaysia

Country/Region:


C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: National Level

Name/Details of location: Malaysia


D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 2012

End Year: 2014


E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Logging and/or Wood Harvesting

Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Medicine and hygiene, Energy, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression and Materials and construction

Motivation of use: Basic subsistence, Income generation from trade (individual/household/community) and Largescale commercial exploitation for trade

Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law and Some use is legal and some is illegal


F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: not recorded


G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined

Details of assessment carried out: CITES Non detriment findings

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable

Details of assessment carried out: CITES Non detriment findings; implicit

Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: many products derived from this species

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded


Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species

The developed database and website will be regularly updated with current information and FRIM will take the responsibility to monitor the updated information placed on the website. The information that is shared in MyCITES can be used by the relevant government agencies in Malaysia, particularly the forestry authority to have better understanding on these species in the natural forest and enhancing better management of this species in the future. 4.2 Conclusion


Record source

Information about the record source: formal_data_stats

Date of publication/issue/production: 2015-01-01T00:00:00+0000

Source Reference(s):

Technical Report ITTO-CITES Project, ITTO Work Program for 2013 on Support to ITTO-CITES Implementation for Tree Species and Trade/Market Transparency (TMT) 2015

Date of record entry: 2023-09-19