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# Social Impact of Conservation

The ‘[Healthy Parks, Healthy People Global](http://www.hphpcentral.com/)’ initiative is a prime example of the research which is supported at a high level by National Parks Services in USA, South Africa and Australia. Additional projects such as ‘[Rethinking Parks](https://www.nesta.org.uk/project/rethinking-parks/)’ from Nesta in the UK also feature significant research which points to the many social benefits.

Social benefits could be grouped as:

* Building Stewardship [\[111\]](/mdes-exegesis/references.md)
* Building Community [\[112\]](/mdes-exegesis/references.md)
* Building Physical and Mental Health & Wellbeing [\[113\]](/mdes-exegesis/references.md)
* Fostering Creativity and Innovation [\[114\]](/mdes-exegesis/references.md) [\[115\]](/mdes-exegesis/references.md)
* Pro-social Behaviour [\[116\]](/mdes-exegesis/references.md)

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