Green spaces are good for people – but in South Africa many cannot access them. This is a finding from researches at Rhodes University in the department of Botany and Anthropology.
GUEST: SUSANNE VETTER - Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Rhodes University
GUEST: VALERIE MOLLER - Professor of Sociology, Rhodes University
GUEST: MICHELLE COCKS - Associate Professor of Environmental Anthropology, Rhodes University
The benefits of experiencing nature for physical, psychological and spiritual well-being are widely documented. But much of the research on these benefits has been done in relatively affluent countries in the global North. There’s little research that has been done in developing countries on the benefits of being in nature.
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