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xxv Claudia  Traidl-Hoffmann Head of the Institute for Environmental Medicine at the University Centre for Health Sciences at Augsburg Hospital, Germany (UNIKA-T), and director the Institute of Environmental Medicine at the German Research Center for Environmental Health. She investigates human-environment interactions focusing on allergic diseases. Her research contributes to our under- standing of how environmental factors act on the body’s epithelial and immunologi- cal interface. In 2013 she was appointed to the board of directors of CK CARE Center for Allergy Research and Education. Regina  Treudler Senior physician and a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Leipzig as well as the head of the Leipzig Comprehensive Allergy Centre (LICA) at the University of Leipzig and consultant in the Department of Dermatology at the UMC Leipzig, Germany. She was educated at the Free University of Berlin and at the Université de Paris XII, France. Prof. Treudler received her board examination in dermatology and in allergology at the Charité Allergy center. Chantal  van Ham EU program manager for Nature-Based Solutions at the IUCN.  She is responsible for IUCN’s activities on urban biodiversity and the coop- eration with cities and subnational governments in Europe. She develops and coor- dinates projects that help policy-makers, cities, and local and regional governments find nature-based solutions for sustainable development to improve quality of life and economic prosperity  by mobilizing IUCN knowledge and best practices. Eike  von Lindern Co-founder of Dialog N, an independent research institute in Switzerland. He holds a PhD in social and environmental psychology. His work focuses on restorative environments research, health promotion, sustainable devel- opment, and the involvement of the (local) population with parks and protected areas. Veikko  Virkkunen Development manager in Metsähallitus Parks and Wildlife Finland.  He works with projects that increase benefits from protected areas, such as health and well-being, recreation and tourism. His background  is in visitor manage- ment  and sustainability  in protected areas. Sara  L.  Warber Senior physician and emeritus professor of family medicine at the University of Michigan and the former director of the Integrative Medicine Program at the University of Michigan, USA.  She is a clinician-scholar whose research focuses on the effects of nature-based programs and other complex psychosocial- spiritual interventions on human health and well-being.  Examples include the health benefits of camps, retreats and national group walking programs in the USA and the UK. About the Editors and Contributors