Meta-analysis confirms nature-based interventions reduce stress, anxiety and depression

Across cultures and centuries, human beings have sought solace in forests, rivers, and open skies — and now science has caught up with that ancient instinct. A comprehensive meta-analysis, drawing on the accumulated findings of many independent studies, confirms that exposure to natural environments produces clinically significant reductions in stress, anxiety, and depression across diverse populations. The findings arrive at a moment when mental health burdens are rising globally and access to conventional care remains uneven, suggesting that the living world itself may be one of our most dem