il 05.01.2021 Il CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) publish a book review: "Terapia Forestale", published by Cnr Edizioni, the result of a year and a half completed in 2020, a joint effort between the Cai, on the initiative of its Tuscan Scientific Committee, taken up and extended by the Central Scientific Committee (Cai-Csc), and the Institute for BioEconomy of the National Research Council (Cnr-Ibe), with the scientific collaboration of Cerfit at Hospital Aou Careggi Firenze, which for the first time systematically collects and extends the state of scientific knowledge on Forest Therapy. A discipline that originated in the Far East and has now spread all over the world, so much so that it is to all intents and purposes a complementary medicine available to the National Health Service. The title 'Forest Therapy', in its simplicity, emphasises the intent to fill, on the basis of scientific rigour and the multidisciplinary contributions of physicians, biologists, foresters, physicists, psychologists and other professionals, a gap temporarily occupied by widespread and growing initiatives that are not always based on objective criteria and verifiable standards. "We wanted to create a scientific framework of the evidence gathered worldwide during thirty years of research, and hundreds of scientific publications, on the direct effects of forest environments on the mental and physiological health of visitors," says Federica Zabini of CNR-Ibe, editor of the work.

Forest Therapy, we read in the book published by the CNR (National Research Council) is the result of research from the spring and summer of 2020: "With respect to the Covid-19 pandemic, a further active and beneficial role of forests in containing the spread of the infection and especially its lethality has recently been proposed. In particular, these effects would refer to the emission into the atmosphere by forest plants and soil, and consequent inhalation, of certain biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs), in particular certain terpenes endowed with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, and psychologically and cognitively beneficial activities'. The unexpected Covid-19 pandemic that hit the world in the early 2020s raised several important questions. Firstly, 21st century man, even in the fortunate developed countries, suddenly realised his vulnerability not only as an individual but even as a species, despite all the technological and medical advances accumulated since at least the first industrial revolution. In the face of the global threat, the reaction of scientific research has been impressive and quite moving in its effort, both in the search for effective treatments and in the direction of avoiding further pandemic events. In the latter field of research, the primary role of forests has emerged very clearly. "is now rightfully among the many valuable ecosystem services provided by forests. Forest immersion produces direct and measurable effects with a wide-ranging action that affects, among others, the psychological, neurological, cardiovascular and immune spheres." You can download the CNR (National Research Centre) book for free "Terapia Forestale" click

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