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People Fixing the World
Building a clinic to save a forest
Dec 5, 2023
In the Indonesian part of Borneo, a clinic was built to stop people from chopping the rainforest by offering affordable healthcare. The clinic used seedlings as payment for medical treatment. The link between healthcare and conservation efforts is explored, with a research paper showing a decline in logging activities. Researchers found a 70% decrease in forest loss in a National Park after intervention. In Nigeria and Turkey, incentives for health insurance and community service improved health outcomes.
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- The establishment of a clinic in Borneo offering discounted medical care in exchange for refraining from logging has significantly reduced deforestation rates.
- The unique payment system of the Azri clinic, where patients can pay for medical treatment using seedlings, promotes reforestation and provides affordable healthcare.
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Motivating People to Protect the Rainforest
In an effort to combat deforestation in Borneo, a clinic called Alam Sahat Lestari (Azri) has been established, providing affordable healthcare to local communities. The clinic offers discounted medical care to individuals from villages that have refrained from logging trees in the rainforest. This incentivizes people to protect the environment and helps stop illegal logging. As a result, logging rates have significantly decreased, with a 70% reduction in forest loss in comparison to other Indonesian national parks. The project also focuses on retraining individuals to find alternative sources of income, such as organic farming, to replace the income previously obtained from logging.
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