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There's a hefty economic value to getting outdoors in national parks and other protected areas when it comes to mental healthcare/Kurt Repanshek file
November 14, 2019
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It's often noted that getting out into nature is good for the soul, both from physical and mental health standpoints. A team of researchers in Australia has put a dollar figure on the mental health benefits, saying that protected areas such as national parks around the world provide $6 trillion in benefits. "Nature exposure improves human mental health and wellbeing. Poor mental health imposes major costs on human economies. Therefore, parks have an additional economic value through the mental health of visitors,"...

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