Bisnis Indonesia
JAKARTA: Papua, a region called Dutch New Guinea in the colonial era, has been 'controlled' by 10 big plantation companies in the last two years.
Of the total area size of 352,651 hectares (ha), 85,654 hectares have been seized by several business groups, such as state-owned plantation PTPN II, the Sinarmas Group, the Korindo Group, and the Raja Garuda Mas (RGM) Group, to expand their oil palm businesses.
The big private plantation groups have also controlled some companies in Papua, such as PT Tunas Sawah Erma (the Korindo Group), Sumber Indah Perkasa and Sinar Kencana Inti Perkasa (PT Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology Corporation/ Smart Tbk), and Bumi Irian Perkasa (the RGM Group).
Until 2007, Smart had controlled 125,190 hectares of oil plantation areas in Sumatra (62,410 hectares) and Kalimantan (62,780 hectares).
Asian Agri controls over 160,000 hectares of oil palm plantations in Indonesia, while the Korindo Group, operating in the Asiki district, the Boven Digoel Regency, targets to develop 50,000 hectares of oil palm plantations.
Since 1989, Korindo has been developing oil palm plantations.
Currently, the Korindo group has already had 10,000 hectares of areas and has started production with two plants, each with a capacity of 30,000 tons of oil palm per hour.
Korindo has been allocating its oil palm to meet domestic needs and is still focusing on developing oil palm in Boven Digoel [in the south of Papua, near the PNG border].
In the meantime, the company also develops 50,000 hectares of industrial timber estate in Central Kalimantan and plans to open up an oil palm industry there.
Director General of Plantation at the Department of Agriculture Achmad Mangga Barani claimed the directorate general had mapped out land conditions and statuses.
"The Department of Agriculture' s Research and Development Agency has completed the development map for Papua. The map can show us areas potential for certain commodities, " he said recently.
Based on the map [for Papua], he continued, the Department of Agriculture would give recommendations to the local governments regarding new plantation area developments, especially those made by 10 companies.
Of the ten companies, eight have interests in the oil palm plantation sector, while the two others, PT ANJ Agri Papua and PT Nusa Ethanolasia, have interests in sago plantation.
Achmad added the total size of plantation areas in Papua reached 458,551 hectares consisting of 352,651 hectares of oil palm plantations, 5,900 hectares of cocoa plantation, and 100,000 hectares of sago. Of the total size, 32,571 hectares of areas had been planted.
According to him, the map showed there were 1.72 million hectares of areas potential for plantations, namely for oil palm plantations (885,140 hectares), cocoa plantations (305,855 hectares), coffee plantations (143,658 hectares), rubber plantations (81,098 hectares), and sugar cane plantations(268,782 hectares).
Yapen Islands [West Papua]
Separately, Regency of Yapen Islands [West Papua] Daud S. Betawi Soleman disclosed his regency had 123,596 hectares of areas potential for plantation.
"The Directorate General of Plantation will make our region as a pilot project for the integration of cocoa plantation and cow and pig farms. Regarding the size and the cost, those will depend on the government," said Daud after meeting with Director General of Plantation Achmad Manggabarani in the latter's working room yesterday. (Bisnis/et/arh)
Of the total area size of 352,651 hectares (ha), 85,654 hectares have been seized by several business groups, such as state-owned plantation PTPN II, the Sinarmas Group, the Korindo Group, and the Raja Garuda Mas (RGM) Group, to expand their oil palm businesses.
The big private plantation groups have also controlled some companies in Papua, such as PT Tunas Sawah Erma (the Korindo Group), Sumber Indah Perkasa and Sinar Kencana Inti Perkasa (PT Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology Corporation/ Smart Tbk), and Bumi Irian Perkasa (the RGM Group).
Until 2007, Smart had controlled 125,190 hectares of oil plantation areas in Sumatra (62,410 hectares) and Kalimantan (62,780 hectares).
Asian Agri controls over 160,000 hectares of oil palm plantations in Indonesia, while the Korindo Group, operating in the Asiki district, the Boven Digoel Regency, targets to develop 50,000 hectares of oil palm plantations.
Since 1989, Korindo has been developing oil palm plantations.
Currently, the Korindo group has already had 10,000 hectares of areas and has started production with two plants, each with a capacity of 30,000 tons of oil palm per hour.
Korindo has been allocating its oil palm to meet domestic needs and is still focusing on developing oil palm in Boven Digoel [in the south of Papua, near the PNG border].
In the meantime, the company also develops 50,000 hectares of industrial timber estate in Central Kalimantan and plans to open up an oil palm industry there.
Director General of Plantation at the Department of Agriculture Achmad Mangga Barani claimed the directorate general had mapped out land conditions and statuses.
"The Department of Agriculture' s Research and Development Agency has completed the development map for Papua. The map can show us areas potential for certain commodities, " he said recently.
Based on the map [for Papua], he continued, the Department of Agriculture would give recommendations to the local governments regarding new plantation area developments, especially those made by 10 companies.
Of the ten companies, eight have interests in the oil palm plantation sector, while the two others, PT ANJ Agri Papua and PT Nusa Ethanolasia, have interests in sago plantation.
Achmad added the total size of plantation areas in Papua reached 458,551 hectares consisting of 352,651 hectares of oil palm plantations, 5,900 hectares of cocoa plantation, and 100,000 hectares of sago. Of the total size, 32,571 hectares of areas had been planted.
According to him, the map showed there were 1.72 million hectares of areas potential for plantations, namely for oil palm plantations (885,140 hectares), cocoa plantations (305,855 hectares), coffee plantations (143,658 hectares), rubber plantations (81,098 hectares), and sugar cane plantations(268,782 hectares).
Yapen Islands [West Papua]
Separately, Regency of Yapen Islands [West Papua] Daud S. Betawi Soleman disclosed his regency had 123,596 hectares of areas potential for plantation.
"The Directorate General of Plantation will make our region as a pilot project for the integration of cocoa plantation and cow and pig farms. Regarding the size and the cost, those will depend on the government," said Daud after meeting with Director General of Plantation Achmad Manggabarani in the latter's working room yesterday. (Bisnis/et/arh)
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[ Free West Papua Campaign comment: Is TIME magazine's "Hero of the Environment" , Governor of Papua, Barnabas Suebu, protecting West Papua's forests, or helping Indonesia to destroy them? ]
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