Maybe there’s something to that “hug a tree” idea. “Many people,” says Dr. Eeva Karjalainen, of the Finnish Forest Research Institute, Metla, “feel relaxed and good when they are out in nature. But not many of us know that there is also scientific evidence about the healing effects of nature.” Forests – and other natural, [...]
Archive for July, 2010
14 Jul
Big step towards completing the most comprehensive assessment to date of the international forest regime
The assessment report is prepared by an Expert Panel on “international forest regime“, which consists of internationally recognized scientific experts in their field and is overall coordinated by the IUFRO-led initiative “Global Forest Expert Panels” (GFEP) of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF). As part of the assessment process, the second meeting of the Expert [...]
