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.[5] It had 10,818 hectares planted as of March 2009.[6] There are conflicts about land tenure.[1] 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]

References

  1. 1 2 Archived copy Archived 2018-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Company profile goodhopeholdings.com Retrieved 5 April 2023
  3. ↑ "ACOP 2013 submissions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-22. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  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. 1 2 Future ready cdn.cse.lk Retrieved 5 April 2023
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-07. Retrieved 2018-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "Indonesia: Another senseless killing for palm oil".
  8. ↑ 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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