Dear colleagues and friends,

The wait is over!

We are delighted to announce the call for abstracts for the 4th World Conference on Forests and Parks for Public Health, to be held in Luxembourg, 21-24 May 2025!

Researchers and practicioners are invited to submit original scientific work under the following thematic topics: 

• Environmental epidemiology, health geography, forest medicine, Global health, and other disciplines are involved in documenting the associations that forests, parks and green spaces have with public health outcomes.
•  Environmental psychology and other disciplines are involved in formulating and testing theories in mental and physical health benefits of exposure to natural settings.
• Planning physical activities and access, health promotion, recreation planning, nature-based tourism, and other disciplines involved in designing programs and settings in which individuals, small groups, and general public can visit and experience forests, parks, and green spaces.
• Urban forests and their ecosystem services for Public Health (heat, air pollution, noise, etc., natural immunity included).
• Urban forestry, urban planning, landscape architecture, ecology, conservation biology, and other disciplines involved in green spaces planning and design for Human Health activities, availability, and accessibility.
• Forest therapy, green care, Public Health policies, public health economics, political science and governance, social cohesion, and socioeconomic aspects in Forests, Parks and green spaces for Public Health.

The deadline for abstract submission is on 30 January 2025.