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Kids in Parks Trail Tracker

    • Organization: Kids in Trails (http://www.kidsinparks.com/)
    • Date Published: January 3, 2014

    Kids in Parks provides a network of family friendly trails, called TRACK Trails, that connect various public lands in an attempt to get kids “un-plugged”, outdoors and reconnected with nature for their health and the health of our parks. The section for parents on Planning the Hike has tips and suggestions that can help make sure children have a positive nature adventure.

    http://www.kidsinparks.com/parents-teachers

Lake to Lake Walk & Marathon – Cowichan Valley

Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from the Nature-Deficit Disorder

  • Author(s): Richard Louv
  • Organization: Algonquin Books
  • Date Published: January 1, 2005

While studies are accumulating, more research needs to be done, including establishing baselines and defining what constitutes meaningful experiences in nature. Direct measures are needed of children’s actual time in nature and the quality of their experiences in the natural world. Despite the number of studies and other findings described below, the relationship between children and nature has been understudied. Much of the research to date has been limited, although the body of research overall is generally consistent and provides insights into both the indicators of the nature deficit in children’s lives, and the benefits to children’s healthy development by direct experiences with nature in their everyday lives.

http://www.childrenandnature.org/downloads/CNNEvidenceoftheDeficit.pdf

Leave No Trace – Related Research

  • Author(s): Leave No Trace Canada (http://www.leavenotrace.ca/home)
  • Organization: Leave No Trace Canada (http://www.leavenotrace.ca/home)

Leave No Trace Canada is a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and inspiring responsible outdoor recreation through education, research and partnerships. Leave No Trace builds awareness, appreciation and respect for our wildlands. Leave No Trace also summarizes relevant research on a number of topics, including planning and preparedness, minimizing impacts of backcountry travel, respect for nature, wildlife and each other, and visitor education/management in protected areas.

http://www.leavenotrace.ca/research

Lessons Learned From Global Experience: Review of Protected Areas and Development in the Lower Mekong River Region

  • Author(s): The Protected Areas Development Review Team led by Jeremy Carew-Reid
  • Organization: International Center for Environmental Management
  • Date Published: January 1, 2003

The authors argue that economic valuation has been able to provide strong, and much needed, arguments for Protected Areas as a profitable and economically beneficial resource and has increased the priority accorded to these areas in development decision-making.

http://www.icem.com.au/02_contents/06_materials/06-04-pad-reports.htm

Let’s Go Outside

  • Author(s): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (http://www.fws.gov/)
  • Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (http://www.fws.gov/)
  • Date Published: January 1, 2012

Let’s Go Outside! is a program led by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service that aims to get children into nature. It offers online activities and links to programs in nature aimed at four groups, kids, families, educators, and youth group leaders.

https://www.fws.gov/nevada/Lets_Go_Oustide/index.html

Lifestyle Tips: Active Play

Literature Review on the Benefits of Access to Outdoor Environments for Older People

  • Author(s): Susana Alves, Takemi Sugiama
  • Organization: OPEN Space Research Centre (http://www.openspace.eca.ac.uk/)
  • Date Published: January 1, 2006

This review found multiple benefits associated with access to outdoor environments for older people, including benefits associated with physical activity and social interaction in these environments.

http://www.idgo.ac.uk/useful_resources/for_other_researchers.htm