Republik Indonesien

Kotabaru Regency, South Kalimantan, Indonesia

oil palm plantations

oil palm plantation

Translation of the Media Report: KOTABARU - Several residents of Pulau Laut Barat Subdistrict, Pulau Laut Archipelago and Pulau Laut Tg Selayar were stifled by the actions of the oil palm company PT Bumi Raya Investindo (BRI). For years, there has been no clarity on the profit sharing of oil palm plasma. Residents who own one package (two hectares) of oil palm plasma get only a little. "Imagine that sometimes we only get tens of thousands. The time is like that. In other places millions of the results," said Azmi, a resident of West Sea Island. According to the residents, even if the company's reason is because there is overlapping land then the solution is easy. "Try to be transparent. How many harvests this month. How many land owners. Divided equally. We will definitely enjoy the results," said Sapri, a resident of Pulau Laut Tg Selayar. Pikal, a resident of Pulau Laut Kepulauan to Radar Banjarmasin, said that palm oil companies have not been transparent to residents so far. The residents have no idea what the harvest is and what the sales are. "So that's our problem. There is no transparency. Even though plasma is a profit sharing system between companies and land owners," he said. In fact, said Syaripuddin, a resident of Pulau Laut Tg Selayar, residents have brought this problem to the district level. "Recently we brought the problem to the Kotabaru DPRD. Thankfully, friends in the council promised to help solve this problem," he said. Unfortunately when Radar Banjarmasin tried to confirm with the Manager Jatmiko, he was out. "Pak Jatmiko is leaving again. We have some business," said a security officer at the company, Wednesday (16/11) yesterday. Deputy Chairman of the Kotabaru DPRD M Arif confirmed that residents had complained. Arif said residents complained about the small profit sharing. Regarding the enlargement of non-plasma land. Regarding the alleged game in the company. Only said Arif, this problem has entered the realm of law. "So it is revealed that residents have also reported to the Kotabaru Police. So then we will just guard it. We hope that the law can be upheld in this case," he said. Meanwhile, when met at his office on Thursday (17/11) yesterday, the Head of Bina Mitra Jatmiko confirmed that the residents had complained to the Kotabaru DPRD. He said that the company works in a three-component line: the company, the cooperative and the community. "Regarding the plasma profit sharing, there is also a calculation component, namely the operational costs of plantation maintenance and harvesting and bank credit installments, an indication that the number of plasma cards is overloaded compared to the area of ​​the cooperative area or the overlap of land may also have an effect on the profit sharing that is not in accordance with what is known. expected, "he said. He said, with the submission of public complaints to the DPRD, of course everyone hopes that the people's representatives can help with the solution so that the plasma community, cooperatives and companies can get the best benefits from the existing cooperation. Asked about residents' requests for transparency of harvest yields, he said the data was with the cooperative. "The cooperative has data. The data is from the company. So because of the MoU between the company and the cooperative, the cooperative has the authority to answer the residents' request. Because plasma is under the auspices of the cooperative," he replied. (zal / yn / ram)

Annual Report 2018

2018-12-31