ASRI Programs | Alam Sehat Lestari

Health

More than two decades ago, ASRI Founder, Dr. Kinari Webb, heard from communities around Gunung Palung National Park that many were forced to cut down trees to pay for medical treatment. This was due to the difficulty of accessing quality health services and the need to travel long distances for treatment. ASRI is here to answer the community's need for health services. With the establishment of the ASRI Clinic, ASRI Foundation seeks to provide quality and affordable healthcare for all community members, so that people no longer have to choose between their health and cutting down trees in the forest. We believe that humans cannot be healthy without a healthy nature. Nature will not be healthy without healthy people.

Forestry

Maintaining forest sustainability is one of the pillars in realizing healthy, prosperous communities and sustainable nature. Therefore, ASRI works together with the National Park and community in conducting forest conservation activities such as reforestation or replanting, forest monitoring, and becoming forest friends.

Alternative Livelihoods

ASRI with the spirit of planetary health strives for people to live in harmony, side by side with sustainable forests. Therefore, ASRI through alternative livelihood programs wants communities around the forest to prosper in sustainable and nature-friendly ways.

Research

In supporting the conservation and health efforts carried out by ASRI Foundation, research activities are important to be carried out to objectively measure the impact and success of the efforts that have been made. Some of the research activities carried out by ASRI Foundation such as monitoring wildlife in reforestation areas, measuring environmental conditions in reforestation areas, and research on social themes. In addition, ASRI's research program is open to collaborate with various parties as an effort to conserve forests. With the research activities carried out by ASRI Foundation, efforts to realize a healthy, prosperous society and sustainable nature can be pursued more optimally.

Replication Around Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park

Since 2018, ASRI has brought its successful program around Gunung Palung National Park to a new location in West Kalimantan. ASRI integrates health services for communities around Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park with forest conservation and community empowerment. The program is expected to provide incentives to improve community health and at the same time increase community participation to protect forest areas from logging and forest destruction.

Replication in Other Forest Areas in Indonesia

ASRI believes that there are still many forest areas in Indonesia that need to be protected. There are still many communities around the forest that need to be strengthened to be able to maintain the forest around them so that it remains sustainable. For this reason, ASRI has begun efforts to identify and assess several locations in Indonesia, including in the Land of Papua. ASRI has also networked with the government and potential donors. Through these efforts, hopefully ASRI can soon bring good practices to Indonesia's critical forest areas and help communities access health services while saving forests.