Conservation

Working beyond our boundaries

Partnership Plan

All national parks have a partnership plan or management plan for their area, to help guide the work of partners with responsibilities and an interest in the national park.

Climate and nature emergency

We're working with partners to combat the effects of the climate and nature emergencies, and keep the New Forest beautiful and sustainable. Discover the important role the New Forest plays in tackling climate change. Find out about our Net Zero with Nature programme. Join the New Forest Climate and Nature Challenge and get involved.

Supporting commoning

The New Forest has a long and proud history of commoning: the system whereby even today certain people have the right to release animals onto the open forest and collect firewood. It has given the forest its mosaic of grazed habitats and influences many aspects of the local communities. The New Forest remains one of the few extensive lowland commons where common rights are still widely practised and a strong commoning culture continues. This section details how we work with partner organisations to enable commoning to thrive alongside rising neighbouring populations, a vibrant and important economy, increased traffic, and higher land and house prices.

Landscape partnership

Our Past, Our Future was a five-year landscape partnership scheme which ended in March 2021. It was led by the New Forest National Park Authority with 10 key partners. Here you can read about the scheme and what was achieved. Watch films highlighting the work of OPOF on our YouTube channel.