Absolution of Sin for the Forest Demolishers

Infoborneo visited the PT RAP office at Nanga Silat in Kapuas Hulu Regency on November 23, 2023, but the staff refused the interview request. Instead, they asked for a confirmation request to be sent to the head office. The letter sent to the email address of PT Salim Ivomas Pratama on December 25, 2023, was even left unanswered.

In addition to PT RAP, there are 23 other companies listed by the province of West Kalimantan as having forest concessions. West Kalimantan Province recorded that the two largest companies that have concessions in forest areas are PT Wirata Daya Bangun Persada with 7,250 hectares and PT Ceria Prima with 5,083 hectares owned by Surya Darmadi. The third largest is PT Inti Sarana Makmur with 3,798 hectares. All the land is located in Bengkayang.

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In 2022, the West Kalimantan Plantation Department said that the number of plantation permits issued in the province of West Kalimantan was 378 companies covering 3,321,731 hectares spread across 12 regencies and cities.

Spatial analysis conducted by the province of West Kalimantan found evidence of oil palm plantation permits in a forest of 38,616.98 hectares owned by 23 companies. However, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) has different data. According to KLHK, oil palm plantations in West Kalimantan forest areas reached 88,841 hectares.

Oil palm land according to KLHK.

Oil palm land according to Greenpeace

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