Survey on the relationships between forests and human well-being in Healthy Forest Regions

(targeted at residents of the respective Healthy Forest Regions)

This survey is a part of European-wide project ‘Healthy Forest Regions: Supporting healthy forest ecosystems for human well-being in forest regions’ whose objective is to safeguard forest ecosystem functionality also securing positive effects on sustainable regional development.

Your answers to the following questions will help us assess important traits of Healthy Forest Regions and how they contribute towards general functionality of the given region as well as towards regional human wellbeing. In addition, your responses will aid towards a better understanding of the region from the perspective of the local residents and contribute towards developing a general strategy to safeguard forest ecosystem functionality for human wellbeing in Healthy Forest Regions.

The project focuses on human well-being, which may be defined as a complex combination of factors influencing person's mental and physical health. Well-being is how you feel about yourself and your life, which is strongly linked to happiness and satisfaction in life.