Agro Bukit Explained

PT Agro Bukit is a palm oil company from Indonesia. Its headquarters is in Sampit, Central Kalimantan. It is a subsidiary of Goodhope Asia Holdings Ltd, part of Sri Lankan conglomerate Carson Cumberbatch.[1] It is or used to be active in South Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan.[2] In 2012, the government of East Kotawaringin Regency in Central Kalimantan has told the company to temporarily halt part of its operations for allegedly violating its concession permit.[3]

It is or used to be owned at 95% by Bukit Darah PLC.[4] In 2017, investment by Bukit Darah into the company was at 4,785,841 Sri Lankan rupee.[4] It had 10,818 hectares planted as of March 2009.[5] There are conflicts about land tenure.[6] According to Rainforest Rescue, residents in Penyang were not consulted in 2004 when the local government gave the company a permit for a plantation on 6,000 hectares of forest and farmland belonging to the community.[7] There were about 50 Orangutans in its concession area in Borneo.[8]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.goodhopeholdings.com/images/Corporate-Profile.pdf Company profile
  2. Web site: ACOP 2013 submissions . 2018-01-07 . 2014-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140722112915/http://www.rspo.org/file/acop2013/submissions/PT%20AGRO%20BUKIT.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Agro Bukit Told to Halt Operations in Disputed Area of C. Kalimantan | Jakarta Globe . 2018-01-07 . 2018-01-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180108062617/http://jakartaglobe.id/news/agro-bukit-told-halt-operations-disputed-area-c-kalimantan/ . dead .
  4. https://cdn.cse.lk/cmt/upload_report_file/456_1504091621064.pdf Future ready
  5. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-01-07 . 2018-01-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180107232942/http://bepi.mpob.gov.my/news/detail.php?id=6037 . dead .
  6. https://www.rspo.org/certification/new-planting-procedures/public-consultations/goodhope-asia-holdings-ltd-pt-agro-bukit-south-kalimantan Archived copy
  7. Web site: Indonesia: Another senseless killing for palm oil.
  8. Web site: An impact analysis of RSPO certification on Borneo forest cover and orangutan populations . Meijaard . Erik . Morgans . Courtney . Msi . Husnayaen . Abram . Nicola . Ancrenaz . Marc . 2017-02-24 . ResearchGate.

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