Descrizione del progetto
Esplorare le terapie basate sulla natura per la salute e il benessere
Le terapie basate sulla natura sfruttano il potere della natura per migliorare la salute e il benessere psicofisico. In questo contesto, il progetto NATURELAB, finanziato dall’UE, esplorerà i vantaggi degli spazi verdi e blu nel sostenere la salute e promuovere la resilienza agli eventi climatici estremi. I programmi di terapie basate sulla natura su misura di NATURELAB coinvolgeranno 4 000 partecipanti provenienti da cinque paesi europei e dell’America latina, con l’obiettivo di ottenere una rappresentazione coerente di cultura, genere, età e background socioeconomico. Inoltre, il progetto introdurrà metriche per valutare i potenziali benefici della natura per la salute e fornirà linee guida per la valutazione di tali benefici, insieme a raccomandazioni per l’adozione delle terapie basate sulla natura nel settore sanitario. Tra i risultati del progetto ci sarà la creazione di giardini curativi.
Obiettivo
NATURELAB will contribute to increased recognition, promotion and use of green and blue spaces as health care providers, by investigating the benefits of nature-based therapies (NBT) to promote well-being and support health prevention & rehabilitation.
Around 4000 participants from 15 Experimental Sites and 4 Demonstrator Fellows located in rural, coastal, and urban areas of five European and Latin American countries (PT, EL, NL, DE, and PE) will experience the NATURELAB NBT programmes. The participants will ensure a representative sample of gender, age and socioeconomic status. The geographic locations comprise a variety of climate, nature (green and blue), ecosystems, biodiversity, cultural, policy and administrative scenarios. The health issues that will be addressed include physical (hypertension) and mental conditions (depression), among others.
NATURELAB proposes an innovative approach to contribute to resilient communities, by enhancing the green and blue areas' benefits - as the resilience to climate change, the promotion of biodiversity and urban water management, and addressing as well air pollution and noise levels. The project will deliver, among others: i) NBT programmes tailored to population with different needs; ii) Portfolio of indicators to classify the health potential of nature & Guidelines to analyse the health benefits of green areas as required by natural capital accounting; iv) Guidelines for the creation and management of private and public healing gardens, horticulture/gardening spaces merging climate resilience and environment sustainability; iv) Programme Guide for funding scheme to support NBT in the health sector and v) Guidelines to promote the integration of NB care in the public health sector. Around 600 health professionals worldwide will receive the NATURELAB NBT programmes, and 8000-10000 innovative educational and training materials will be delivered. New jobs - therapists; horticulture & gardening industries -will be exploited.
Campo scientifico
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencessustainability sciences
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringecosystem-based managementclimate change adaptation
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulture
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management
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HORIZON-CL6-2022-COMMUNITIES-02-two-stage
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