HEALTH BENEFITS OF FORESTS
SESSION 1: Tuesday, August 24, 8:30-10:30, Hall E4
Moderator: Prof. Hannu Raitio, Director General, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland
1) Terry Hartig, Uppsala University, SWEDEN: Forest recreation, psychological restoration, and health: Some experimental and epidemiological findings
2) Sjerp De Vries, Wageningen University and Research centre, NETHERLANDS: Nearby nature for human health: evidence, theory, and implications
3) Yuko Tsunetsugu, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, JAPAN: Human responses to forest environments: physiological assessment and individual differences
4) Qing Li, Nippon Medical School, JAPAN: A day trip to a forest park enhances human immune function
5) Bum-Jin Park, Chiba University, JAPAN: The Physiological Effects of Forest Bathing (taking in the forest atmosphere) Assessed Using the Results of Field Tests at 35 Sites throughout Japan
SESSION 2: Tuesday, August 24, 16:30-18:30, Hall E4
Moderator: Prof. Won Sop Shin, Chungbuk National University, Korea, and Korean Forum on Forests and Human Health
1) Si Hyung Lee, Comprehensive Research Institute For Korea Natural Medicine, KOREA: Serotonin in forest healing
2) Kjell Nilsson, University of Copenhagen, DENMARK: Recent scientific findings on the health benefits of forests in Europe
3) Tatsuya Kushida, NalaPro Technologies, Inc. JAPAN: Elucidation of the molecular mechanism of the alleviation of atopic dermatitis by flavonoids by means of text mining method
4) Nor Azah Mohamad Ali, Forest Research Instute Malaysia (FRIM), MALAYSIA: Prospecting for new personal and health care ingredients from some Malaysian aromatic plants
5) Julius Adebayo John, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, NIGERIA: Assessment of the demand and consumption of herbal medicines in Ido and Northwest Ibadan, Nigeria
The final conference programme will be available at the congress webpages (http://www.iufro2010.com/).
SESSION 1: Tuesday, August 24, 8:30-10:30, Hall E4
Moderator: Prof. Hannu Raitio, Director General, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland
1) Terry Hartig, Uppsala University, SWEDEN: Forest recreation, psychological restoration, and health: Some experimental and epidemiological findings
2) Sjerp De Vries, Wageningen University and Research centre, NETHERLANDS: Nearby nature for human health: evidence, theory, and implications
3) Yuko Tsunetsugu, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, JAPAN: Human responses to forest environments: physiological assessment and individual differences
4) Qing Li, Nippon Medical School, JAPAN: A day trip to a forest park enhances human immune function
5) Bum-Jin Park, Chiba University, JAPAN: The Physiological Effects of Forest Bathing (taking in the forest atmosphere) Assessed Using the Results of Field Tests at 35 Sites throughout Japan
SESSION 2: Tuesday, August 24, 16:30-18:30, Hall E4
Moderator: Prof. Won Sop Shin, Chungbuk National University, Korea, and Korean Forum on Forests and Human Health
1) Si Hyung Lee, Comprehensive Research Institute For Korea Natural Medicine, KOREA: Serotonin in forest healing
2) Kjell Nilsson, University of Copenhagen, DENMARK: Recent scientific findings on the health benefits of forests in Europe
3) Tatsuya Kushida, NalaPro Technologies, Inc. JAPAN: Elucidation of the molecular mechanism of the alleviation of atopic dermatitis by flavonoids by means of text mining method
4) Nor Azah Mohamad Ali, Forest Research Instute Malaysia (FRIM), MALAYSIA: Prospecting for new personal and health care ingredients from some Malaysian aromatic plants
5) Julius Adebayo John, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, NIGERIA: Assessment of the demand and consumption of herbal medicines in Ido and Northwest Ibadan, Nigeria
The final conference programme will be available at the congress webpages (http://www.iufro2010.com/).