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/PRNewswire/ -- Launched at the 19th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF19), the first global synthesis report on international forest...

Only aerial footage captures the true scale of the horror: Houses have been flattened, roads ruined, and everything looks like it’s been covered in a film of dark-brown syrup. A sludgy scar down the mountainside shows the trail that a hunk of dislodged rock and earth took in the moments before it upturned the lives […]

Feb 05 2021 Read 802 Times The lockdown restrictions introduced across the globe to fight the spread of coronavirus pandemic have reduced many people’s exposure to other humans, at the same time as they have afforded them more free time. In a bid to boost their mental health and reconnect with the planet at the same time, many people have taken to enjoying Mother Nature as a means of escaping from the confines of their home. While anecdotal evidence has pointed to the idea that one of the env...

Park visitors enjoy the outdoors near Burlington, Vt., on Oct. 14, 2020. (Photo credit: Andy Duback/ University of Vermont) (CN) — Are you one of the many Americans who took to the great outdoors this year to escape the monotony of coronavirus lockdowns? You’re not alone: one in four Vermont park visitors during the early months of the pandemic hardly or never spent time in nature in 2019, a new study finds. “During the pandemic, many people visited urban forests or local natural areas fo...

Students experience nature in the University of Vermonts "Birding to Change the World " class. A new study finds that 26% of people visiting parks during early months of the COVID-19... view more  Credit: Andy Duback/University of Vermont What does it take to get some people to go outside and experience nature? For some urban dwellers, it took the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say. The new study finds that 26% of people visiting parks during early months of the COVID-19 pandemic had...

Pandemic drove many people into nature for the first time in years During the pandemic, a surprising 26% of park visitors had rarely – or never – spent time in local nature in the last year, finds new research by UVM Professor Brendan Fisher and a team of student researchers. Photo: UVM’s ‘Birding to Change to the World’ course by Andy Duback. What does it take to get some people to go outside and experience nature? For some urban dwellers, it took the COVID-19 pandemic, r...