Aim is to make the forest more robust
November 2013. The future conservation of the New Forest National Park’s unique landscape, wildlife and heritage has been given a huge boost thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
A £2.9m HLF Landscape Partnership grant has been earmarked for the National Park to restore lost habitats, develop forest skills and inspire a new generation to champion the care for the New Forest.
The seven-year New Forest Landscape Partnership will be led by the New Forest National Park Authority and 10 key partners, who will contribute their own funding to increase the pot to £4.5m.
The aim is to make the forest more robust and able to withstand the modern-day pressures such as trends in agriculture, climate change and increasing demands from a growing population that is less connected to the countryside.
The New Forest is one of only two areas in the southeast to receive funding this year and only one of nine across the country. Covering just 569 square kilometres, the New Forest is the smallest national park in the UK, although more than 50% of this is accessible to the public, including 325km of Public Rights of Way.
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