Ecolodges Indonesia (ELI) is a for-profit social enterprise with an inclusive business model that focusses on biodiversity conservation and improving the livelihoods of its staff and immediate suppliers. The company is guided by veterinary medicine specialists, volunteer environmentalists and sustainable tourism professionals from within Indonesia and internationally. All five of the ecolodges is subject to an in-house ecological plan which has enabled one of the ecolodges to achieve a carbon footprint more than 30 times less than the average in the tourism hotspot of Kuta, Bali.

1. ITB Asia: Singapore
Thursday 22 October 2015
Responsible Tourism Clinics
PROFITABLE and SUSTAINABLE QUALITY TOURISM:
ECOLODGES INDONESIA’S STORY

2. Content:
1. Introduction to the company
and ecolodges
2. Our practice with
sustainability approaches
Gede Ori & Steve Noakes

8. Flores: We have purchased 8 ha of land at the edge of the MBeliling Forest Reserve
- supporting it to become a national park
Critically endangered (IUCN Red List 2005:
Flores Hawk-eagle (Nisaetus floris)
& Bonelli’s Eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus)
- threats to the survival of the eagle are land use change,
shifting cultivation, hunting practice by policemen, collection
of firewood & wood material for building + forest clearance for
agriculture land.
Suparman, Usep (2012) Distribution, Population, Habitat, and Ecological Aspect of Flores Hawk-eagle
Nisaetus floris In and Around in Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Raptor Conservation
Society & The MBZ Species Conservation Fund

9. Our Eco Lodge Practices - central for our core business
 All Lodges are established as conservation areas.
 We protect over 60 ha of land with birds & animals, native plants
and special flowers to encourage butterflies.
All water and rubbish is recycled.
 We grow organic food for our guests.
Solar energy systems progressively being installed at our lodges.

10. Our Eco Lodge Practices - Continued
 Worm farms recycle kitchen and garden waste.
 Training programs raise environmental awareness of staff, guests
& local community.
 100% of our staff are local – regular on-the-job training
 Our accounts are transparent and we pay tax properly to
government.
 A percentage of profit is used for further environmental.
protection.

11. More than 200 large solar cells
Max capacity 550,000 Watt Hours
Two super-premium battery banks
Pioneering green technology at
Tanjung Puting National Park

12. Next step …
solar powered local boats!
(Boats = The only way to get to Rimba)

13. Kelimutu Eco Lodge
A Swedish / Indonesian government carbon footprint study shows that the Lodge
has a 30x lower carbon foot print than the average Indonesian city hotel.

14. Growing our own vegetables & fruits
Hospitality and tourism management
skills development for locals
Supporting development of visitor
and research infrastructure
Eco-Guide Training for
local people

15. We work to:
 Protect the National Parks of Indonesia
 Harness the power of ecotourism for biodiversity conservation

16. www.ecolodgesindonesia.com