Nature, Biodiversity & Health
There is a growing volume of scientific evidence showing that ‘greenspace’ is an important resource for our health and wellbeing. Yet this relationship is complex and evidence is essential to ensure the nuances of these interconnections are well understood. This is also vital to ensure policies are balanced to protect and improve public health and wellbeing as well as our precious natural environments.
The European Centre for Environment and Human Health is a World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre on Natural Environments and Health, recognising the Centre’s significant contribution to science and policy-making from a decade of interdisciplinary research.
The following research activities demonstrate the breadth and depth of our work in this area.