NatureScot Commissioned Report 679: SPANS Scotland's People and Nature Survey 2013/14

Pages: 111
Published: 2014

This report presents the findings from the first year of Scotland’s People and Nature Survey (SPANS), commissioned in 2013 by Scottish Natural Heritage with support from Forestry Commission Scotland, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority, Cairngorms National Park Authority and greenspace scotland. SPANS will be repeated in 2016 and every third year thereafter until 2022. SPANS provides information on how people living in Scotland use, enjoy and value the natural environment. It includes modules on participation in outdoor recreation; visits to forests and woodland; visits to urban greenspace; awareness of, and visits to, Scotland’s national parks; other types of engagement with the natural environment; public perceptions of national and local landscapes; and public perceptions of the benefits derived from visiting the outdoors. The research findings presented in this report are based on in-home face-to-face interviews undertaken with a representative sample of around 12,000 adults (aged 16 and over) in Scotland between March 2013 and February 2014. A summary of the main findings from the survey is provided in the Executive Summary section of the report. A series of special interest reports on specific topics covered by SPANS will also be made available on the SNH website to assist in the dissemination and discussion of the data.

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