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Deal #3604 Version #62443
Indonesia
Created at
2013-04-25
Last update
2021-09-30
Last full update
2022-03-18
Names of communities / indigenous peoples affected
Name of community
Bukit Raya,
Bukit Makmur,
Menthobi Raya,
Bunut Village
Name of indigenous people
Nanga Bulik
Comment on communities / indigenous peoples affected
In 2013, the indigenous people of Lamandau ask that the area that has been cultivated by the company be returned to the community of their inheritors.
Presence of land conflicts
Presence of land conflicts
Yes
Comment on presence of land conflicts
In May 2018, a number of village representatives came to the Central Jakarta Police Criminal Investigation Building, reporting allegations of legal violations by PT Gemareksa Mekarsari and PT Satria Hupa. Means (SHS) referring to illegal forest cultivation, grabbing of ex-transmigrant lands, and fraudulent partnerships with plasma farmers whose plasma land is considered the company's core land.
Negative impacts for local communities
Negative impacts for local communities
Environmental degradation
Comment on negative impacts for local communities
In May 2015, hundreds of tons of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) of PT Gemareksa Mekarsari spilled and polluted the Kumai river, West Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan.
Promised or received compensation
Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)
PT Gemareksa Mekarsari had remaining production arrears to the cooperative from May to Nov 2018 (with arrears from several periods). These are related to the livelihoods of members of the nine cooperatives which reaches 8461 people.
Promised benefits for local communities
Promised benefits for local communities
Other
Comment on promised benefits for local communities
The company manager in the field acknowledged and agreed to the community plantation. According to the Central Kalimantan Provincial Regulation No.5 / 2011, plantation companies that have plantation business permits (IUP) or plantation business permits for cultivation (IUP-B) are required to build gardens for the community covering at least 20 percent of the total area cultivated.
Materialized benefits for local communities
Materialized benefits for local communities
Education, Roads
Comment on materialized benefits for local communities
Bukit Indah village road was repaired.
One of the CSR programs is the provision of scholarship assistance deemed necessary and worthy of receiving the scholarship. Each student receives assistance of Rp. 4,200,000, - and the delivery of scholarship assistance is represented by the parents of the student concerned.
Presence of organizations and actions taken (e.g. farmer organizations, NGOs, etc.)
Presence of organizations and actions taken (e.g. farmer organizations, NGOs, etc.)
The Regional Executive for the Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (PD AMAN) Lamandau reported that PT Gemareksa Mekarsari had seized an area of 856 hectares of indigenous peoples from the area of the HGU coordinate permit granted to the palm oil company.