A team consisting of the environmental psychologists Renate Cervinka and Markus Schwab and the health expert Daniela Haluza recently published the results of a study on the recreational effects of the Hallerwald in Upper Austria in the top journal "Forests". The response of the study participants speaks for itself: The forest furniture, developed by local craftsmen, can be a real benefit for tourism as well as for educational and health initiatives. And being in the forest is relaxing for all of us!
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Cervinka R, Schwab Spletzer M, Haluza D. Furnishing a Recreational Forest—Findings from the Hallerwald Case Study. Forests. 2023; 14(4):836. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14040836
Cervinka R, Schwab M, Haluza D. Investigating the Qualities of a Recreational Forest: Findings from the Cross-Sectional Hallerwald Case Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(5):1676. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051676