Saving the Rainforest through Health Care: Medicine as Conservation in Borneo

From: International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health | Date: July 1, 2007| Author: Jacobs, Sonja M; Ali, Robbie | Copyright information

This article gives an overview of rainforest conservation as it relates to human health and describes the context, design, and implementation of the Kelay Conservation Health Program (KCHP). The KCHP is a health program for indigenous people living in a critical area of orangutan rainforest habitat in Indonesian Borneo also developed to aid conservation efforts there. Program design included consideration of both health and conservation goals, participatory planning in collaboration with the ...

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