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For several years, papers have been published about the positive impact of greenness on health, including some synthesis and systematic reviews. Yet, none of them has so far addressed the question of the type of habitats and components of such habitats that have a significant (and preferably positive) effect on mental health and psychological well-being. This is important in order to provide recommendations to designers and managers of green and blue spaces in and around cities.

The aim of this request was to provide recommendations regarding the design, management, and creation of natural spaces in urban or suburban areas in order to promote the mental health of urban inhabitants.

Final outputs of this work can be found here and here, and they include:

Document of Work: DoW-Mental Health-Blue&Green spaces
Methods protocol: Protocol-Mental Health-Blue&Green spaces
Final Report Green spaces and Mental Health: Report-Mental Health-Green spaces
Final Report Blue spaces and Mental Health: Report-Mental Health-Blue spaces
Appendix Report Green spaces and Mental Health: Appendix-Mental Health-Green spaces
Appendix Report Blue spaces and Mental Health: Appendix-Mental Health-Blue spaces
World Health Organization (WHO) booklet

@Eklipse_europe has also launched a podcast about our Expert Working Group work results and more!

The podcast can be accessed here.

As a contributor to Expert Working Group Biodiversity & Health of the 3^rd French Plan on Health and Environment (PNSE3) – Ministry in charge of the Environment (MTES) France, since 2017 we have been working to answer the following question:

Which types and components of urban and peri-urban blue/green spaces have a significant impact on human mental health and mental well-being?

As our work is coming to an end we came up with a draft systematic review on the blue space part. To ensure that we follow a transparent and robust process, we ask our peer experts to review the draft report developed by the expert working group. In light of your expertise on this important policy-relevant topic, we would be most grateful if you could assist us in the peer-review of the draft report (in this case part 1, blue spaces).

The draft report in pdf can be found here and the form for comments here:

Please note the deadline for submitting comments is February 28^th 2020.

More information can also be found directly on the EKLIPSE website under the following link: http://www.eklipse-mechanism.eu/open_calls

Thank you very much in advance for your support.