並列摘要
Whereas forest has positive effects on human health, this topic becomes an emerging research theme and is recognized internationally nowadays. However this research theme was in an initial stage in Taiwan. In order to have better understanding of forest and human health, this study had collected significant researches in relation to forest recreation benefits and human health from academic database. The results showed that forest recreation benefits contributing to physiological and psychological health as well as social wellbeing. Future research themes were highlighted and forest therapy development was proposed. The concept of forest therapy was planning an appropriate process to improve the health condition for the public. Utilizing forests effectively in health promotion could reduce public health care budgets and created a new direction in terms of forest management.