Bosses say young people volunteering at the 400-acre woodland have found their stresses easing.
Volunteers who have helped create the UK's first Young People's Forest have seen their climate anxiety levels fall, managers have said.
The Woodland Trust acquired a 400-acre site, called Mead, next to Shipley County Park in 2018 and has since enlisted schools, scout groups and other young people to cultivate the area.Emily Moore, the trust's youth development manager, said: "Climate anxiety is affecting young people significantly but we have seen those levels of anxiety are lower in young people who work here regularly because they are taking action themselves.
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