Experiencing nature helps people in times of joy and pain. However, inequity of access to green spaces means that South Africans cannot enjoy nature when they need to.
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Economist, United States Forest Service
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Professor of Public Health; Director, Centre for Public Health Research, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Bournemouth University
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Professor, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Rhodes University
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Associate Professor of Environmental Anthropology, Rhodes University
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Lecturer in Digital Infrastructures & Sustainability, King's College London
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Director Radiation Research and Advice, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Wollongong
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Chair professor, University of St Andrews
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Professor of Sociology, Rhodes University
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Research Associate, A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute