Translations:Nature & Protected Areas/15/en

Emotional harm in these contexts tends to arise from mismatched expectations. One person may understand an outdoor meeting as a low-pressure conversation; the other may read the setting itself as an implicit signal of intent. Where that is left unspoken, disappointment or discomfort follows for one or both. Naming the purpose of a meeting beforehand removes most of this ambiguity. None of this reflects poorly on anyone involved; it reflects the fact that a setting cannot carry a conversation that has not happened.

| Conclusion=Nature and protected areas can be genuinely good places to meet someone. They are calm, unstructured and free, and they allow time to move at its own pace. They are also legally defined, ecologically fragile and more populated than they appear.