Returns from our customers who have already visited several islands of the Indonesian archipelago, Belitung is rather clean. Here, there is no industry, the island is sparsely populated with its 4800km2 (5200km2 for Bali), and the population pays attention to the cleanliness of the surroundings of the houses. Unfortunately, there is still much to be done: there is not really a government program for picking up and sorting, the majority of the inhabitants are obliged to burn their garbage ...

On the other hand, we have big problems of ecology because of the numerous tin and sand mines and the too many palm oil plantations. In addition, the Indonesian population is little educated and educated to sustainable agriculture without chemical fertilizers or herbi / pesti-cides ... In our involvement of a pepper exploitation in permaculture, we have the hope to act for a change of awareness ...

Go Belitung active support of HKM

There are 6800 Hectares of primary or regenerating forests that are now protected by several associations under the status of HKM, the forest given back to the people. Go Belitung is an active member of the Bukit Peramun community and the Gapabel association.

To plant trees :

We try to include in each of our long stays a time to plant trees, either in the mangroves or in the forest, in support of the HKM associations.