Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most

Studies have found that people with higher levels of nature connectedness enjoy improved wellbeing. Photograph: Ben Pipe Photography/Getty Images/Image Source

Britain is one of the least “nature connected” nations in the world, according to one of the first ever global studies of how people relate to the natural world.

Britain ranks 55th out of 61 countries in the study of 57,000 people, which looks at how attitudes towards nature are shaped by social, economic, geographical and cultural factors.