Associazione Italiana di Medicina Forestale

Founded in 2018, Associazione Italiana di Medicina Forestale is a non-profit association based in Roma, Italy working on health, nature & wildlife conservation.

The Associazione Italiana di Medicina Forestale (A.I.Me.F.) is a non-profit association founded in December 2018 in Italy. It promotes forest medicine and the health benefits of immersion in nature, including shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) and forest therapy, and aims to make forest medicine known in Italy. Its activities include guided forest immersions, training of forest medicine experts (E.M.F.), a certification system for immersion levels and qualified sites, and the promotion of urban green spaces and the protection of forest heritage. The association operates as a decentralised network in which members can propose and manage projects, and it is based in Rome. The organisation references scientific research on the preventive health effects of forest immersion.