1. Biodiversity Conservation & Tourism Development in the GMS, Bangkok, 17 & 18 Sept 2008
Case study: Ecolodges Indonesia
Steve Noakes www.pacificasiatourism.org www.ecolodgesindonesia.com

2. Biodiversity Conservation & Tourism Development
• Indonesia - only 1.3% of the earth’s land surface
• Disproportionately high share of earth’s biodiversity
• 11% of the world’s plant species,
• 10% of world mammal species, &
• 16% of world bird species.
Indonesia has nearly 70 million people living in or
near forest land, many of them living on
less than US$1 per day.
Illegal logging operations cause widespread destruction
of forests and, although it does earn short-term gains for
a few, it destroys the Livelihoods of people who depend
upon the forests.
www.wri.org

3. Indonesia - serious environmental and economic concerns
• One of the largest tropical timber producers in the world
• Estimated 80 percent of timber exports being illegal
• Indonesian government fails to capture over US$100 million per year in
tax revenue on illegal logging and exports.
• Cheap and plentiful supply of timber from illegal sources depresses
timber prices worldwide by 2 percent to 4 percent.
• Deforestation in Indonesia accounts for 4 percent of
greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.
• Thus deforestation in Indonesia is a major contributor to climate change.
www.globalforestwatch.org/english/indonesia/overview.htm

4. Kalimantan, Indonesia, April 2008
Just two countries, Brazil and Indonesia, account for over
60% of the world’s forest loss.
(www.wri.org/publication/painting-the-global-picture-of-tree-cover-change)

5. The mercury from the gold mining process washes into the Sekonyer River,
Tanjung Putting National Park, Kalimantan, Indonesia. April 2008

6. www.nature.org

7. ECOLODGES INDONESIA
Helping to protect the threatened
species of Indonesia

8. Each Lodge within Ecolodges Indonesia:
• depends on the natural environment
• is ecologically sustainable
• is proven to contribute to conservation
• features an environmental training program
• incorporates cultural considerations
• provides a net economic return to the local community

9. Tanjung Putting National Park
35 rooms
US$45 to US$100 p/p/nght
Observe Orangutans,
Proboscis Monkeys, Gibbons, Tarsiers
& other primate species in their natural habitat.

12. Way Kambas National Park
8 rooms
US$50 p/p/ngt B &B
Solar power

13. Siomang Gibbons (with bass, tenor and soprano calls), elephants, rhinos, tigers, sun
bears, tapirs, several species of deer, civets, binturong (mongoose like animals), birds
abound on the rivers of the park especially raptors, king fishers, egrets, bee eaters,
broadbills, pittas, the unique white winged wood duck.

14. Bajo Ecolodge
From US$75 dbl
Air conditioned rooms
Solar power, rain water storage
Tanks, reed-bed and water garden
sewage treatment system - all
waste water is returned to the
gardens through irrigation.
Declared a World Heritage Site in 1986 & a Man
and Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, both
indications of the Park's biological importance.
Threats include:
• Destructive fishing habits
• Local human population increases impact on forest
cover & water resources
• Pollution from raw sewerage & chemical
www.komodonationalpark.org

15. Udayana Ecolodge,
Jimbaran Heights,
Udayana University, Bali
From US$65 dbl
87 butterfly species
15 air con rooms
Free wireless internet
Pool
Solar power for hot water, pumps &
some lighting,
Extensive rain water storage system,
use of a biological sewage treatment
plant where all waste water is
returned to the gardens through
irrigation. (22 types of bougainvillea)

16. lodges@ecolodgesindonesia.com
www.ecolodgesindonesia.com
Helping to
protect the
threatened
species of
Indonesia
Biodiversity conservation & sustainable tourism