A recently-published postgraduate thesis by Dr Alex Lovegrove entitled “Management and Monitoring in Protected Areas:  A case study in the New Forest National Park” presents the results of research undertaken over the past four years .  This research has evaluated the effectiveness of wetland restoration in the New Forest.

An extract, which was submitted by Professor Adrian Newton, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University to the New Forest National Park Authority before the planning committee meeting (see post dated 27 October), is here:  Chapter 4: The Recovery of vegetation following restoration work in New Forest wetlands and Chapter 5: Condition Assessment, Monitoring and Habitat Suitability of the New Forest Mires.  The complete thesis is here.