Building a clinic to save a forest

How do you stop people chopping down precious rainforest? In the Indonesian part of Borneo, researchers for a conservation charity discovered that local people were chopping down the rainforest around them for an incredibly understandable reason – they needed to pay for medical treatment for themselves and their children.

So they started a project that would hopefully protect the forest and help the local communities at the same time. They built a health centre and gave people a big discount on medical care if they stopped chopping down the trees. Ten years on, we visit the forest to see what happened next.

Presenter: Myra Anubi
Reporter: Ade Mardiyati
Producer: Craig Langran
Series Producer: Jon Bithrey
Editor: Bridget Harney
Sound mix: Hal Haines

email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk

Image: Baby orangutan in Borneo forest