Purpose of Review

The review examines recent scientific discussion on the concepts and measurements of human connection to nature (CTN) and pro-environmental behaviour (PEB). In addition to that, we explore the environmental contexts in which study populations are exposed to nature or nature experiences, particularly the contexts in which forests emerge from these studies, and lastly outline gaps in research.

Recent Findings

Outlining the association between CTN and PEB has been widely researched over the past 5 years. The concepts and measurements referring to these terms vary, but a few commonly used concepts were identified. The review classifies the approaches used for exploring the relationship between CTN and PEB into four categories. The review indicates that the interconnection between CTN and PEB is mostly studied as a part of the wider concept. Approximately half of the reviewed articles explored the actual exposure to some natural environment or nature activity either directly or indirectly. Forests only played a small role as a natural environment in the reviewed articles.

Summary

Forests appear to be of very little weight or under-represented in CTN and PEB literature as an explicitly identified natural environment. Results also indicate that the human-forest relationship has not been defined precisely in empirically based scientific literature. The paper discusses implications for the future research focusing on emphasizing the role of forests as natural environments in the research of CTN and PEB.

中文翻译：

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与自然和对环境负责的行为的联系的概念和测量方法的回顾—呼吁人与森林关系的研究

审查目的

审查审查了有关人类与自然的联系（CTN）和亲环境行为（PEB）的概念和度量的最新科学讨论。除此之外，我们还探讨了研究人群接触自然或自然经历的环境背景，特别是森林从这些研究中出现的背景，最后概述了研究中的空白。

最近的发现

在过去的5年中，对CTN和PEB之间的关联进行了广泛的研究。涉及这些术语的概念和度量有所不同，但是确定了一些常用概念。这篇综述将探讨CTN和PEB之间关系的方法分为四类。审查表明，CTN和PEB之间的互连主要作为更广泛概念的一部分进行研究。大约一半的评论文章探讨了直接或间接暴露于某种自然环境或自然活动的实际情况。在这篇文章中，森林只是自然环境中的一小部分。

概要

森林的重量似乎很小，或者在CTN和PEB文献中作为明确确定的自然环境的代表性不足。结果还表明，在基于经验的科学文献中，人与森林之间的关系尚未得到精确定义。本文讨论了对未来研究的意义，重点在于强调森林作为自然环境在CTN和PEB研究中的作用。