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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
Environment
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From ornitherapy to kissing trees, how can nature benefit human health?

A sparrow sits on a branch of a cherry tree in Tokyo – forest bathing and the benefits of nature to human health are concepts popular in Japan. AP - Shuji Kajiyama

A new book released in France explores how ornitherapy and sylvotherapy – linked to the birds and the trees – can have a positive effect on human health and wellbeing, with some doctors in the UK and the US even prescribing them to patients.

Here's a little experiment: go outside and listen to the birds singing. Give it a few minutes. How do you feel? Better?

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