The report examines three years’ of data (2009 – 2012) captured by the ongoing monthly ‘Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment’ (MENE) survey to analyse the ‘difference in access to the natural environment between social groups within the adult English population’. The groups covered in the report are black, Asian, minority ethnic communities, urban deprived communities, those with disabilities or long term illness, members of D and E socio-economic groups and the over 65s.The Report was commissioned by Natural England and carried out by TNS Global, and will be complemented by additional research to be published this coming spring, examining further the similarities and differences in engagement with the natural environment between these groups and with the rest of the population.
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