Macro-level determinants of nature connectedness: An exploratory analysis of 61 countries – publication
1 november 2025
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Nature connectedness is increasingly recognised as a causal issue in environmental crises and a powerful strategy for transformative change.
However, little is known about how it varies across countries and the macro-level factors that influence the human–nature relationship at a societal level. Using a large dataset from a diverse set of 61 countries, the study ‘Macro-level determinants of nature connectedness: An exploratory analysis of 61 countries‘ explored how both objective country-level indicators of the socio-ecological context and subjective country-level indicators of socio-political values were related to nature connectedness. Using linear, factor, and network analysis, several objective (urbanicity and business environment) and subjective country indicators (scientific and religious values) were significantly associated with nature connectedness. These and other factors are combined into a proposed conceptual model of key macro-factors in the human–nature relationship that can inform future research and policy initiatives.
Nature connectedness is increasingly recognised as a causal issue in environmental crises and a powerful strategy for transformative change.
However, little is known about how it varies across countries and the macro-level factors that influence the human–nature relationship at a societal level. Using a large dataset from a diverse set of 61 countries, the study ‘Macro-level determinants of nature connectedness: An exploratory analysis of 61 countries‘ explored how both objective country-level indicators of the socio-ecological context and subjective country-level indicators of socio-political values were related to nature connectedness. Using linear, factor, and network analysis, several objective (urbanicity and business environment) and subjective country indicators (scientific and religious values) were significantly associated with nature connectedness. These and other factors are combined into a proposed conceptual model of key macro-factors in the human–nature relationship that can inform future research and policy initiatives.
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