Improving rural health care reduces illegal logging and conserves carbon in a tropical forest

The study analyzed earth observation data, clinic health records, and socioeconomic surveys to quantify conservation, health, and sustainable development outcomes simultaneously in order to show how a conservation–health care exchange in rural Borneo preserved globally important forest carbon and simultaneously improved human health and well-being, in a region of historically intense environmental destruction, widespread poverty, and unmet health needs.

Author Name(s):

Jones, Isabel J.; MacDonald, Andrew J.; Hopkins, Skylar R.; Lund, Andrea J.; Liu, Zac Yung-Chun; Fawzi, Nurul Ihsan; Purba, Mahardika Putra; Fankhauser, Katie; Chamberlin, Andrew J.; Nirmala, Monica; Blundell, Arthur G.; Emerson, Ashley; Jennings, Jonathan; Gaffikin, Lynne; Barry, Michele; Lopez-Carr, David; Webb, Kinari; De Leo, Giulio A.; Sokolow, Susanne H.

Citation:

Jones, I. J., et al. 2020. Improving rural health care reduces illegal logging and conserves carbon in a tropical forest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117(45): 28515-28524

Publication type:

Articles

Journal Article

Publication year:

2020

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2009240117

Link(s):

https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.2009240117

Biome/Habitat:

Agricultural Lands

Rural