Forest Recreational Services in the Face of COVID-19 Pandemic Stress

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43410%2F21%3A43920644" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43410/21:43920644 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/land10121347" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/land10121347</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10121347" target="_blank" >10.3390/land10121347</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Forest Recreational Services in the Face of COVID-19 Pandemic Stress

Original language description

Forest ecosystems provide numerous services and benefits to both humans and biodiversity. Similarly, urban forests services play a vital role by providing urban dwellers with recreational and leisure space, mental health relief, and meditation. In the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic, many people living in the urban areas could benefit from the forest and park recreational services to relieve psychological stress due to lockdown rules. The study examined existing literature simultaneously; however, very few studies have presented the relationships between forest services&apos; role on COVID-19 stress relief. Furthermore, we examined forest visitors&apos; frequency at the Training Forest Enterprise (TFE) Masaryk Forest Křtiny in the outskirts of Brno City in the Czech Republic. The study collected data using a TRAFx infrared trail counter before the pandemic (2015-2018) and during the COVID-19 period (2021). As in other studies of the subject, we observed an increasing trend in forest visits during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2021, compared to the same months before the pandemic in 2016 and 2017. We recommend further research to focus on scientific analysis of the relationship between forest ecosystem services and COVID-19 stress and mental health. Moreover, given the spike in visitors during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2021 in March and April, our data provide evidence regarding the role of nature for relieving stress and supporting mental and physical health. Policy, decision-makers and medical advisors could use such data and study to guide future lockdowns and pandemic situations regarding nature and forest recreational use and importance.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50704 - Environmental sciences (social aspects)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Land

ISSN

2073-445X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

1347

UT code for WoS article

000738232800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85121629801