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New models for conservation - health in harmony

Working in one of Indonesia's national parks, Gunong Palung, Health in Harmony has been supporting medical centers and providing health care to communities that have taken to protecting their own local environments. Reza, who was in Bogor (Indonesia) recently, caught up with their organisation's Conservation Director, Antonia Gorog, to share a little about what the organisation does and how this is making an impact.

How Wild Asia was born?

Now it's not quite that awe inspiring story but our journey towards becoming a "Social Enterprise" might be of interest to those wanting to learn from our story. The following radio interview was made over our local business radio (BFM) and was recorded in Oct 2008. One thing that is clear, 10 years down the road, is that there are few journeys you can do alone. Along the way there has been so many people that have inspired me, motivated me, challenged me, suffered my crankiness, but with each step, I think we got stronger and we evolved to be where we are today. This journey has not stopped...

Our Team in Discussion

Our team assembled today to discuss and plan for this year's site visits for our annual Responsible Tourism Awards. We started with an attempt at a definition of Responsible Tourism and found ourselves preparing for a "pitch" to a-would-be skeptic ala tourism operator.  Our roles during site visits was also discussed. Listen to a snippet of our session and hopefully this will give you a sense of how we work. Do also check out our photo gallery of the meeting.

Conversation on Oil Palm

Wild Asia organised a small chat over skype this morning to discuss the latest AFC TV programme "Good Fat, Bad Fat". We were joined in the discussion by Reza Azmi ("boss"), Sumei (Advisor to Wild Asia), Sharyn (Researcher), Deborah (Comms) and Khairun (Malaysian Youth Climate Justice Network). One of the conclusions is that we need to separate "responsible" industrial agriculture from "sustainability". There is an opportunity to define what "sustainable values" we want to look for if we are to create truly "sustainable communities". Listen to the unedited conversation (do note, none of us are professional broadcasters!).