Noting nature around you – it could be a glance outside, tending plants, or ‘green’ exercise – will improve your well-being, research shows. The coronavirus pandemic has made it even more important.
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It’s well-established that green spaces are good for our well-being. Now we can demonstrate that greater biodiversity boosts this benefit, as well as helping to sustain native plants and animals.
Urban wildlife are exposed to more pollutants than wildlife living in natural areas. In addition to causing death, these pollutants can affect animals’ development and reproduction.
Research into public health benefits of integrating nature into cities has focused on green spaces. New studies suggest water features are just as useful and can piggyback on other infrastructure goals.
Genetic analysis shows that urban rats prefer to stay near their relatives; however, some of them migrate. Knowing this could help with pest control efforts.
An ecosystems approach to cities that recognizes rats as part of the ecosystem can help address the challenges presented by urban rats.
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Assistant Professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia; Simon Fraser University
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Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor & ARC Industry Fellow, Urban Ecology, Curtin University
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Professor, Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, The University of Melbourne; RMIT University
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Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Adjunct Professor of Biology, Adelaide University
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Professor of Design and Health and Director of the Center of Design and Health at the Architecture School, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor of Outdoor Recreation and Wildland Management, University of Montana
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Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Adjunct Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University
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Professor in Environmental & Landscape Planning, University of Manchester
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Professor Health Behaviour Dynamics of People, Places and Systems, Glasgow Caledonian University
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D'harawal Knowledge Keeper, PhD Candidate and Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Researcher, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne