Tag: “health-and-protected-areas”

1. National parks as promoters of stays and exercise in nature

   Finland’s adoption of the 3-30-300 Nature Recommendation in 2025, promoting outdoor exercise and nature engagement, is the focus of this guest article by Juho Jäppinen….

   https://www.europarc.org/news/2025/04/national-parks-as-promoters-of-stays-and-exercise-in-nature/

2. Green-Care project scientific study confirms: mindfulness exercises in nature benefit depressive patients

   A year ago, EUROPARC organised the webinar “Ways to Wellbeing in Nature – Activating Parks and Protected Areas as natural health centres”. We focused on…

   https://www.europarc.org/news/2023/12/green-care-project-scientific-study-confirms-mindfulness-exercises-in-nature-benefit-depressive-patients/

3. Forests for Individual and Public Health – Research body and praxis from Italy

   Forest therapy represents the most important “nature-based programme” for health improvement. Since 2019 extensive research has been conducted in Italy to establish scientific criteria and…

   https://www.europarc.org/news/2023/12/forests-for-individual-and-public-health-research-body-and-praxis-from-italy/

4. Strengthening links between biodiversity protection & human health and well-being

   EUROPARC is part of the new Interreg Europe GREENHEALTH project that wants to strengthen links between biodiversity protection and human health and well-being. This week,…

   https://www.europarc.org/news/2023/05/strengthening-links-between-biodiversity-protection-human-health-and-well-being/