[CANUFNET] Fwd: [Caglist] Parks and forests not as popular with Canadians as they once were

[Pat Lintaman]

Hi Dan , 

Perhaps a factor is the decrease in forest area to go visit ?? 

 

Pat Lintaman

Pat Lintaman Design Ltd.

(250) 478-0795

(250) 478-4453 fax

pat at topnotchlog.com

www.shawniganecoindustrialpark.com

 

 

From: canufnet-bounces at list.web.net [mailto:canufnet-bounces at list.web.net]
On Behalf Of Sadia Butt
Sent: May-02-13 11:32 AM
To: Canadian Urban Forest Network
Subject: [CANUFNET] Fwd: [Caglist] Parks and forests not as popular with
Canadians as they once were

 

Oh no! or oh good! Less use...lower impacts.

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From: Dan Smith <cag at geog.uvic.ca>
Date: Thu, May 2, 2013 at 10:44 AM
Subject: [Caglist] Parks and forests not as popular with Canadians as they
once were
To: CAGLIST <caglist at lists.uvic.ca>



Parks and forests not as popular with Canadians as they once were 

A new survey reveals Canadians are spending less time in our parks and
forests. The 2013 Global Green Space Report, produced by outdoor product
manufacturer Husqvarna, interviewed 4,676 people in nine countries,
including Canada, Sweden, China, Russia, the U.S., Germany, Australia,
Poland and France in November. 2012. 

More than 90 per cent of the respondents said they believe forests, parks
and gardens have a positive effect on quality of life, with 89 per cent
going so far as to call them a human right. But despite this, the time
people spend in green spaces is decreasing all over the world, with people
in five of the nine countries studies spending less "forest time" than five
years ago.  

Of Canadians, 36 per cent say the time they spend in forests has decreased
during the last five years, with 29 per cent saying the same about parks.

The Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/life/2013/04/22/parks_and_forests_not_as_popular_as_t
hey_once_were.html


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