Hazell Jonny, Clarke Edward
The Royal Society, London, London SW1Y 5AG, UK.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2024 Jun 10;379(1903):20220330. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0330. Epub 2024 Apr 22.
This piece reviews the evidence on the effect that engaging with nature has on school-age children's future attitudes and behaviour towards nature. It also looks into the impact engaging with nature has on children and young people's physical, mental and personal development and the evidence on how much time children in England are spending in natural environments. It then presents a UK Government project, the National Education Nature Park (NENP), intended to increase children in England's access to nature by developing nature spaces within the grounds of educational institutions. It concludes with suggestions for how the implementation of the NENP could be used to learn more about the effect that engaging with nature has on children alongside understanding how school-based nature projects could benefit the local environment. This article is part of the theme issue 'Bringing nature into decision-making'.
本文回顾了与自然接触对学龄儿童未来对自然的态度和行为产生影响的相关证据。它还研究了与自然接触对儿童和青少年身体、心理及个人发展的影响，以及关于英格兰儿童在自然环境中花费时间的证据。然后介绍了英国政府的一个项目——国家教育自然公园（NENP），该项目旨在通过在教育机构场地内开发自然空间，增加英格兰儿童接触自然的机会。文章最后提出了一些建议，即如何利用NENP的实施来更多地了解与自然接触对儿童的影响，同时了解基于学校的自然项目如何能使当地环境受益。本文是“将自然纳入决策”主题系列的一部分。
