Planetary Health for Remote Areas and Indigenous Communities
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.
