Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most

Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain

Britain is one of the least nature connected" nations in the world, according to one of the first ever global studies of how people relate to the natural world.

Britain ranks 55th out of 61 countries in the study of 57,000 people, which looks at how attitudes towards nature are shaped by social, economic, geographical and cultural factors.