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South Africa needs to integrate urban green spaces as part of valuable infrastructure and provide framework for their sustainability.
Lake Powell’s existential crisis is a unique opportunity to save a treasured landscape.
Ensuring a swimming site is safe is key to getting people using it. That means giving people timely information about water quality.
People may think that green spaces often hide criminals. On the contrary, there is evidence they contribute to reducing crime.
A scholar who used to evaluate after-school programs says they should do more than just be a place for kids to hang out and socialize.
Voters need to hold political candidates and their parties to account on sport and recreation issues and advocate for support from provincial and territorial governments.
What are the best recommendations that would help mitigate the risk of COVID-19 transmission in sport and recreation facilities?
‘Hustle culture’ is so pervasive in U.S. society that not even the coronavirus pandemic could shake the urge to prioritize productivity.
Outdoor recreation is booming across the US, but research shows that the presence of humans – or the trails they hike and ski on – can have harmful effects on wildlife at less-than-close range.
Groundwater was once thought to buffer streams from warming, but an inexpensive new technique shows streams fed by shallow groundwater may be just as susceptible as those without.
The provision of recreational activities and access to public space have always been underpinned by moral and class values. Planning the post-pandemic reopening should address these inequities.
Joe Rogan, a popular podcast host, derided gaming as a waste of time. For parents who are worried that this is true, understanding their children’s motivation can allay their concerns.
A new survey finds that Americans are willing to accept limits on visitors to public lands to reduce crowds, and want staff and visitors to wear masks.
Municipal swimming pools flourished in the 20th century. But too often, their success was based on the exclusion of African Americans.
Approximately 50% of the UK’s poorest people live over 15 miles from a national park and most people require transport to get to them.
Much of the money for wildlife conservation in the United States comes from taxes and fees paid by sportsmen. But as fewer Americans take up hunting, wildlife managers need other funding sources.
National parks and nature reserves are vital for conservation, but are also great places for recreation. Balancing the two is tricky, but it can be done if we realise parks are not just playgrounds.
What would you pay to keep trash off your favorite beach, or pollution away from a national park? Economists can tease these values out of our travel choices and use the numbers to help make policy.
With elevated wildfire risks forecast across much of the western US this summer, here’s how travelers can track local conditions, stay out of harm’s way and avoid accidentally starting fires.
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Science writer and editor, Australian National University
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Gender Equity in Sport, Griffith University
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Reader in Environmental & Landscape Planning, University of Manchester
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Research Associate at UCT's Centre of Criminology, Consultant at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), University of Cape Town
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Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University
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Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College
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Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University
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Spatial ecologist, The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
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Coordinator, Veterinary Extension Specialist Group, Colorado State University
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Professor of Architecture; Affiliate Faculty, Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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Professor of Environmental Economics, The Ohio State University
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Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria
