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Trees and woods for wellbeing and quality of life

Summary

Family cycling through pines in Thetford Forest. Strenuous exercise: mountain biking in Scotland

Well-being is a broad term that includes physical, social and psychological dimensions. It is a contested concept and there is a need to draw together current ideas and link them to the natural environment to explore how nature contributes to people’s well-being.

The following short document draws together debates on well-being, forestry and ecosystem services to stimulate discussion and help focus the well-being research agenda:

Well-being, forestry and ecosystem services: A discussion paper (PDF-538K) 

Key research areas in this programme focus on education and learning, health and well-being, volunteering, and culture and identity in relation to trees, woods and forests and how these are distributed across a diverse society.

Description and summary of research included in this theme

Individual research projects

Contact

For further information please contact:

Liz O'Brien
Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
Farnham
Surrey
GU10 4LH

Tel: 01420 526155
Fax: 01420 520558
Email: liz.obrien@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

                             

What's of interest

Cover
Feeling good in the woods (PDF-242K)

Article describing the increasing interest in health, well-being and woodlands.

By Liz O'Brien of Forest Research.

Published in Green Places July/August 2004.
For more information about Green Places magazine:
www.landscape.co.uk

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