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Parents urged to foster children's interest in the natural world

Of the 8.1 billion visits made by English adults to nature sites in 2009/2012, only 1.8 billion of these were taken with children.

These findings are published in a report by Natural England thatanalyses visits taken by the English adult population, accompanied bychildren, to the natural environment. This will be complemented byfurther research which will examine what specifically motivates childrento go outside and enjoy the natural world.

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