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National Parks Landscapes Review: A Meaningful Relationship with Nature
The final report of the National Parks and AONBs Landscapes Review has been published and several elements within it are highly relevant to nature connectedness research and application. For example, the report states that currently ‘The purpose to connect people … Continue reading
A Close Relationship with Nature: A Basic Human Right for a Sustainable Future?
The human relationship with the rest of nature matters for our well-being, yet the climate and environment emergencies show that the human relationship with the rest of nature is broken. To fix it we need a new more connected relationship … Continue reading
The link between Nature Connectedness and Pro-Environmental Behaviours
The link between nature connectedness and human well-being has been made in a couple of systematic reviews, most recently in our paper, published in the Journal of Happiness Studies. Now we have a meta-analysis showing the link between nature connectedness and … Continue reading
Nature Connectedness: Pro-nature behaviours and the ‘Teenage Dip’ – Results from a population survey
Climate change and biodiversity loss suggests a failing relationship between people and the rest of nature. There is a need for a new and sustainable relationship, one that benefits the natural world, but can also benefit human well-being. Given the … Continue reading
How nature helps manage our emotions
The role of nature in the regulation of emotions is often overlooked despite evidence that people seek out nature for the regulation of emotions and evidence that restoration-based accounts do not explain all the well-being benefits derived from nature. My … Continue reading