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.^[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]