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.

National Scalling

For nearly two decades, ASRI has developed a Planetary Health model integrating community healthcare, forest conservation, and sustainable livelihoods around Gunung Palung and Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Parks. This approach shows that human and environmental health are closely connected and can be strengthened together. Building on this success, ASRI is collaborating with the Ministry of Health of Indonesia to expand the model through the Planetary Health National Scaling Program, particularly in remote, border, and island regions (DTPK) and Indigenous communities. The program develops last-mile healthcare through strengthened community health workers, telemedicine, integration of traditional health knowledge, and innovative logistics systems. It will be piloted in Southwest Papua, South Papua, South Sulawesi, and Central Kalimantan while also supporting the development of national service standards for remote healthcare.

Replicating the ASRI Model in the Forests of Tambrauw

Tambrauw Regency in Southwest Papua is one of Indonesia’s most intact forest landscapes, home to rich biodiversity including birds-of-paradise and Indigenous communities who depend on the forest. A baseline survey by Alam Sehat Lestari Foundation (ASRI) found many households earn around IDR 1.7 million per month with limited access to healthcare. Since 2024, ASRI has begun replicating its Planetary Health approach by integrating healthcare, forest conservation, and sustainable livelihoods to protect forests while improving community well-being.

Planetary Health Education

Planetary Health Education developed by Alam Sehat Lestari Foundation (ASRI) aims to raise awareness about the connection between human health and environmental sustainability. Through workshops, campus programs, community discussions, and youth engagement, ASRI encourages people to understand that protecting forests and nature also protects human well-being. The program helps build knowledge and leadership among young people and communities to take action on climate and environmental challenges through a Planetary Health approach.