· Native forest cleared for palm oil plantations. Photograph: Yerimia Leo/Mighty Korindo is active in Indonesia’s north Malaku region as well as Papua, holding around 620 square miles of forest ...
Get PriceThe Bonn-based FSC did, however, find that Korindo had converted forests to establish oil palm plantations in Indonesia, destroying trees with a high conservation value.
Get PriceThe Korean palm oil and timber conglomerate Korindo Group is the dominating oil palm plantation company on the Indonesian island of Papua, where its plantations cover a total of 149,000 ha. Having been active in the island’s forestry sector since 1993, Korindo established its first Papuan oil palm plantation in 1998.
Get Price· In 2016, Korindo’s top palm oil customers – Bunge, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus, Musim Mas and Wilmar – stopped buying from the group after NGOs exposed its involvement in deforestation and violations of human rights.
Get PriceThe palm oil giant Wilmar told the Guardian that it too had contacted Korindo after a heads up about the new evidence. “Due to a lack of progress from the supplier, and in view of the serious allegations, Wilmar has ceased procuring from Korindo with effect from June 2016,” a spokeswoman said.
Get Price· Korindo is an international group of companies with multi-business in wide variety of products. The management is led by professional managers who …
Get PriceIn 2013, the Korean-Indonesian timber and palm oil company restarted clearing tropical forest for oil palm in West Papua and North Maluku. As a result, by 2016, Korindo had cleared 30,000 ha of forest on seven concessions, 12,000 ha of it primary forest.
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Get Price· JAKARTA — Palm oil giant Korindo Group is alleged to have set fires to clear rainforest in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua, a practice that is banned by law. The allegation was raised by Greenpeace International and Forensic Architecture, a research group based at the University of London, whose joint investigation found indications of deliberate burning by the Indonesian-South ...
Get PriceWe at KORINDO Group, a leader across multiple industries in the South East Asian market, have a lot to be proud of. Over our 50 years of operation, we’ve built up our business by making a significant contribution to the country’s economic development while constantly upholding environmentally friendly, future-oriented practices.
Get PriceKorindo Group PT holds eight concessions in the region, totalling 160,000 hectares. Its website states that they plan to develop 200,000 hectares of palm oil plantations by 2020. The report, entitled “Burning Paradise”, also points to violations of local community
Get PriceKorindo Group employs around 20,000 people across 30 affiliated companies mainly involved in plywood, paper and pulp and palm oil, according to the company’s website. It is majority-owned by ...
Get PricePT Gelora Mandiri Membangun (GMM), a subsidiary of the timber and palm oil conglomerate Korindo Group, has been operating in Gane, South Halmahera, since 2013 [2]. The Gane region encompasses the two sub-districts Southwest Gane (Gane Barat Selatan) and Southwest Gane (Gane Timur Selatan), and its residents belong to the ethno-linguistic group Masyarakat Gane.
Get PriceJAKARTA — Palm oil giant Korindo Group is alleged to have set fires to clear rainforest in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua, a practice that is banned by law. The allegation was raised by Greenpeace International and Forensic Architecture, a research group
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