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Ecopsychology is a subject that links the knowledge of psychology and the relationship between humans and the planet, the environment and other species.
In the last decade, the importance of this psychological discipline has increased as the urgency of addressing the climate crisis and other conservation issues such as biodiversity loss has grown.
Ecopsychology offers a focused application of the concepts and findings of psychology not only to understand the relationship of humans to the planet and other species, but also offers a comprehensive and rapidly expanding system of actionable information. These can be applied in motivating people's behaviour and actions leading to a sustainable lifestyle. New applied disciplines such as human-animal studies or vegan psychology support the relationship with other species. The findings of ecopsychology are also successfully used in the fields of health psychology and in the promotion of wellbeing or as adjuncts to some psychotherapeutic approaches.