Agro Bukit

PT Agro Bukit is a palm oil company from Indonesia. Its headquarters is in Sampit, Central Kalimantan.[1] It is a subsidiary of Goodhope Asia Holdings Ltd, part of Sri Lankan conglomerate Carson Cumberbatch.[2] It is or used to be active in South Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan. [3] 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. [4] It is or used to be owned at 95% by Bukit Darah PLC.[5] In 2017, investment by Bukit Darah into the company was at 4,785,841 Sri Lankan rupee.[6] It had 10,818 hectares planted as of March 2009. [7] There are conflicts about land tenure. [8] 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.[9] There were about 50 Orangutans in its concession area in Borneo. [10]

References
  1. First PDF at https://www.rspo.org/certification/new-planting-procedures/public-consultations/goodhope-asia-holdings-ltd-pt-agro-bukit-south-kalimantan Archived 2018-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. http://www.goodhopeholdings.com/images/Corporate-Profile.pdf
  3. https://rspo.org/file/acop2013/submissions/PT%20AGRO%20BUKIT.pdf
  4. "Agro Bukit Told to Halt Operations in Disputed Area of C. Kalimantan | Jakarta Globe". Archived from the original on 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  5. https://cdn.cse.lk/cmt/upload_report_file/456_1504091621064.pdf
  6. https://cdn.cse.lk/cmt/upload_report_file/456_1504091621064.pdf
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-07. Retrieved 2018-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. First PDF at https://www.rspo.org/certification/new-planting-procedures/public-consultations/goodhope-asia-holdings-ltd-pt-agro-bukit-south-kalimantan Archived 2018-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "Indonesia: Another senseless killing for palm oil".
  10. Meijaard, Erik; Morgans, Courtney; Msi, Husnayaen; Abram, Nicola; Ancrenaz, Marc (2017-02-24). "An impact analysis of RSPO certification on Borneo forest cover and orangutan populations" – via ResearchGate.
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