Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI)

Yayasan Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI) is a nonprofit NGO dedicated to reversing global heating, understanding that rainforests are essential for the survival of humanity. Using the innovative process of Radical Listening, we collaborate with the experts – rainforest communities – to create the change the planet needs. ASRI asked community members surrounding Gunung Palung National Park, Western Borneo, what they would need in order to protect the climate-critical rainforest. The communities described key needs as healthcare, regenerative livelihood training, and conservation education. ASRI works to conserve the biodiversity of tropical rainforests by meeting the health and economic needs of surrounding communities, in several ways. In 2018 ASRI expanded to villages near Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park, a 230,000 hectare rainforest in western - central Borneo. Its planetary health model is also being replicated by Health In Harmony, in Madagascar and Brazil.