Using nature-based citizen science initiatives to enhance nature connection and mental health.
Rachel Rui Ying Oh, Andrés Felipe Suárez‐Castro, Richard A. Fuller, Michael Tervo, Kevin Rozario, Birte Peters, Shawan Chowdhury, Julia von Gönner, Martin Friedrichs‐Manthey, Ambros Berger, Tracy Schultz, Angela J. Dean, AYESHA I. T. TULLOCH, Aletta Bonn
This study evaluates the mental health and nature connection impacts of five nature-based citizen science initiatives, finding short-term improvements in emotions and stress but longer engagement needed for significant nature connection and depression changes.
Frontiers in Environmental Science · Feb 18, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology