RETHINKING NATIONAL PARKS.

NATIONAL parks & reserves; ECOLOGY; NATURE reserves; PROTECTED areas; PARK use

Since its inception as a National Park in 2005, the New Forest has seen 14 per cent more visits; there were 13.9m trips to the New Forest National Park in 2017, with a projection that this will rise above 16.5m within 20 years. Harriott, who is the local chair of the National Farmers' Union, has established a network of farms, that seek to grow crops and rear livestock in ways conducive to biodiversity. In the New Forest, Derek Tippetts, who works on a hazel coppice conservation project, believes education is key to the creation of a long-term healthy relationship between people and nature. Enhancing wildlife while making their habitats more accessible to people is no easy task, but a small project in the New Forest has shown benefits for both humans and biodiversity. [Extracted from the article]

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