Early Stage Researcher @UniEastFinland | Forestry Post Graduate | British Council India Scholar @BangorUni | Nemophilist | Ornithologist | Batrachologist
🌲What makes people happy in Finnish forests? #ForestHappiness grows from deep human-forest bonds, practical engagements and regular exposure—yet damage to yet damage to natural-like forests can sap that joy➡️https://t.co/o71XYZIGK4
@SyamiliManoj@Forest_sciences@Peat_and_Trees
🔊A beautiful letter to young ecologists👋
Spend your energy on three elements of ecology: natural history, quantitative reasoning, and communication 😀@Laughlin_DC
👉https://t.co/vrmoAjzhXE
Delightfully🚀Launching GreenExp! 🌳🌍 Your all-in-one R package for greenness assessment using diverse data. Measure greenness availability, accessibility & visibility anywhere in the globe. Explore: https://t.co/H8f1mtKNim w/@martijnkoster5#RStats#rspatial#greenspace (1/6)
🌿 Time to embrace the healing power of nature! #GreenPrescription
✅psychological well-being
✅cardiometabolic health
✅physical activity
✅ inflammation reduction!
#HealthAndNature#Wellbeing
🌈 For multi-ethnic, multicultural cities, prioritizing subjective measures of #greenspace could pave the way to a more #inclusive and happier urban future.🤗🌳🌆
Thrilled to unveil my debut review article! 📚 #Happiness in #UrbanGreenSpaces!
🤗🌳Masters @BangorSNS sparked my love for #urbanforests, but it was a hospital visit that truly ignited my passion where innovative design lets patients embrace #greenspaces
🌳💪 Enhancing physical urban green spaces could boost happiness levels. 🤗
However, the strength of the association is mediated by subjective measures & demographics at #globalnorth
Besides those two variables, socio-economics strongly interacted in the #globalsouth.
Forest Happiness project aims to make an important contribution to understanding human well-being by exploring the relationship between #forests and #happiness. Survey is now open for Finns and international residents in Finland! https://t.co/nGz1VCwK67 @Forest_sciences
Yes, people appreciated #urbanforests as critical infrastructure that society depends on🤗, especially during a crisis #Covid_19
However, is there a tension between people looking for #solitude and those looking for #company in the overcrowded urban #greenspaces?
NEW ARTICLE - Visitor frequencies and attitudes towards urban forests and their management, before and during the COVID-19 lockdown. A mixed methods case study in @BundesstadtBonn (🇩🇪).
An outcome of the @EUgreenresearch funded @CLEARINGHOUSE_ project
https://t.co/xV6sNxutsK
Latest review on the effect of #natureprescriptions
✅Greater reduction in blood pressure
✅Beneficial effects on depression and anxiety scores
Article 👉https://t.co/9XByno9PFv
https://t.co/l5KhDeVJA0
Today is #IntForestDay
Healthy #forests will bring #healthy people
If spending quality time in forests objectively and subjectively enhance human #wellbeing, what are we waiting for?
#worldfrogday The most threatened vertebrates!!!🐸
Frogs have never really been my thing, but my #masterthesis@KauNameer offered me the chance to get to know these fascinating creatures.
And now, I will never pass up the chance to see them in action😉
Are you a forest person?🤔
Will you let our researcher @SyamiliManoj appreciate your #happyforest?😉
An exciting initiative on #foresthappiness is in the works.
Stay tuned!
Social representations of an #urbantree
I stumbled across this intriguing illustration while doing an online course provided by Uforest
As an urban resident, how do you perceive a 🌳 ?
#urbanforest#greenspace
Check out this article @rdvreese
👉https://t.co/41mDP8xbuY
🌳A new study published in @TheLancet and led by #ISGlobal estimates that one third of deaths attributable to heat islands in cities during the summer could be avoided if trees covered 30% of urban space.
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#GreenSpaces#UrbanHealth