Interviews
Healing Forests: standards for a therapeutic concept of nature
Dr. Anne Rabes and Jan Schmidt are both Project Managers at the “International Certification Office Healing Forest”, which is operated by BioCon Valley® GmbH. BioCon Valley® is the network of the health economy and life science in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, and co organizer of the IV International Congress “Forests and its Potential for Health” in Luso/Portugal.
The importance of urban forests and nature-based solutions, a market outlook on greencare tourism
Rik de Vreese fell in love with forestry 20 years ago. A PhD in Human Ecology, a degree in Applied Biological Sciences and specialized in forest management, this peri-urban boy who planted his own tree at 8 years old often passes by that forest with a kind of pride, and has recently experienced in a
Forest Bathing and research: nature as a personal safe space and a public health tool
Dr Kirsten McEwan is an Associate Professor (PhD) at the University of Derby, UK, who conducted the first UK research evaluating Forest Bathing. She will be also sharing new data about online Forest Bathing with Long Covid patients at the IV International Congress Forests and its Potential for Health. Kirsten’s childhood is much about being
Nature tourism management: the importance of working together for the value of landscape in wellbeing
Miguel Vasco is Executive Director at Destinature -Agency for the Development of Nature Tourism- in Portugal, dedicated to the promotion of the central region of this beautiful soft-living country and its natural jewels. iNature is hosting with Destinature the IV International Congress Forests and Its Potential for Health in Luso, which Miguel finds a great
Forest bathing and menopause: the voice of nature at every phase of life
Gina Geremia is a Forest Bathing Guide trained by FTHub and soon to be Forest Therapy Practitioner based in Leavenheath, UK for 13 years now. A Psychologist and Life Coach, she was born in Vermont, United States, on a farm with a massive boulder nearby where she would go with her father. She runs programmes
Forest Bathing and Wellness Tourism: a pioneering path in Patagonia
Juan Aubert is the founder of Anfitriones Turísticos (“touristic host”), a tourism company in Villa La Angostura, one of the most beautiful landscapes in the world and most exclusive destinations located in the Argentine Patagonia. He offers Forest Bathing in the framework of Experiential and Well-being Tourism, working also with travel agencies and public tourism
