進入森林，是回到母親的懷抱，總是讓我們感覺到安全與慰藉。台灣森林保健學會的成立，就是集結了守護臺灣森林的各路英雄好漢，跨森林、醫學、心理、運動、食農等面向，期望能加強國人與森林的更多聯結，以達到促進健康與預防疾病。袁孝維理事長是臺大森林系教授，目前也擔任臺大國際長，其野生動物研究室專長於鳥類研究，也同時透過森林療癒，拉近人與自然間之關係。

Being in the forest, returning to the embrace of our mother, always makes us feel safe and comforted. The establishment of the Taiwan Forest Therapy Society is to assemble heroes coming from various fields who protect Taiwan’s forests, crossing forestry, medical, psychology, sports, food, and agriculture, etc., and hope to reinforce the connection between the people and forest to promote health and prevent diseases. Chairman Yuan Xiao-Wei, who is a professor of the Department of Forestry and currently also the International Director of National Taiwan University, and whose Wildlife Research Office specializes in bird research, makes the relationship between man and nature much closer via Forest Therapy.