Conservation Volunteers' Connection to Nature

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Connectedness as a Core Conservation Concern: An Interdisciplinary Review of Theory and a Call for Practice (2014, background): “for conservation volunteers to engage with projects— which, in turn, sustains their contact with nature [133].”
Getting to know nature: evaluating the effects of the Get to Know Program on children’s connectedness with nature (2017, background): “As one conduit for enhancing environmental care and concern, a growing body of research has begun to explore the connections between humans and nature (e.g. Barrett 2006; Guiney and Oberhauser 2010; Vining, Merrick, and Price 2008).”
Predictors of Nature Connection Among Urban Residents: Assessing the Role of Childhood and Adult Nature Experiences (2018, unknown): “…M age = 51 years) found that almost all volunteers reported a moderate to high level of nature connection, as measured via a single-item survey question, and most of them reported first becoming interested in nature during their childhood years (less than 10 years old; Guiney & Oberhauser, 2009).”