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]