The illegal expansion of oil palm plantations carried out by palm oil giants in Forest Land Use Plan (TGHK)-based forest areas in Central Kalimantan has continued to spark disquiet among local residents.
Director of the Central Kalimantan chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI), Arie Rompas, said in Jakarta on Sunday that as of December 2012, the expansion of palm oil plantation in Central Kalimantan had reached 4.1 million hectares, of which 3.8 million hectares were located in TGHK forest areas.