Sustainability doesn’t have to be at the expense of profitability. In fact some of the most profitable private island investments and eco resorts have used sustainable design to increase profitability.

In the tropical Paradise islands of Anambas, there are unique sustainability concepts that cannot be executed elsewhere, and being in a developing nation, the costs of the sustainability initiatives can often mean an opportunity for highly profitable eco-tourism investments and at the same time, the opportunity to build a high level of social equity through local employment and profitable green investments.

Some unique opportunities for eco resort design concepts and carbon neutral investments in the Paradise Islands are.

• Aquaculture – Increase profitability with produce direct from farm to plate, employ local artisanal fisherman away from wild fishing and unsustainable wild fishing practices, pelletise resort food waste for feed. Scale to sell to other resorts or on return air freight from the province.
• Algal Mariculture – The list of sustainability initiatives from Algal mariculture in a resort environment is almost endless. Absorb desalination brine, absorb treated blackwater and greywater nutrients, deacidify seawater, absorb fertiliser run off, provide a protective habitat and food for local fish stocks, pelletise into aquaculture feed, carbon sequestration at 3-5 times rainforest volumes, potential carbon credits from using as terrestrial fertilisers, increase resort garden yields by using as fertiliser, use in resort menus, dry and sell standalone product for Carrageenan sales, partially process and sell refined products.
• Bamboo Construction – The growth cycle of bamboo at 4-5 years for some species, combined with it’s resistance to rot and termite damage, and it’s inherent strength, makes it an ideal and sustainable construction material that could actually be grown on site for future resort expansion as well as maintenance requirements.
• Marine based PV power generation – provide solar without consuming land areas.
• Solar powered water desalination.
• Sub surface blackwater irrigation for grounds and food crops.
• Rainwater harvesting.

When you consider the above options (in particular algal mariculture), along with the potentially very high levels of social capital that can be gained from eco resort investment in a developing nation, there is a very real potential to establish, and then capitalise on, “the world’s first carbon neutral resort” with your brand as the centrepiece!

NOTE – Kepri Estates Blog has further details on each of the sustainability initiatives outlined above, as well as many more to maximise profitability of your development from our extensive local knowledge of what can be achieved on eco resort development sites.

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