Duta Palma is a
palm oil
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company from
Indonesia. It is a subsidiary of
Darmex Agro Holdings.
It has significant land banks.
The
Military of Indonesia
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has or used to have a 30% investment in Duta Palma.
Many prominent former military men have positions within the company.
There were concerns over
rainforest destruction.
Duta Palma is said to be one of the companies with the worst track record of
burning
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.
[Helena Varkkey, ''The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 141]
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil issued a membership termination letter to PT Dutapalma Nusantara in 2013
The owner of Duta Palma Surya Damandi has been charged for corruption for bribing the local authority to convert reserved land for plantation. The arrest warrant issued on the 9th August 2019.
References
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Palm oil companies of Indonesia