Restoring Hardknott Forest: exploring the social benefits of nature restoration projects
Restoring Hardknott Forest is an existing partnership between the University of Leeds and Forestry England. The project is working to restore a 630-hectare former conifer plantation to native woodland and other habitats, for the benefit of people, nature and climate. The project hosts regular volunteer events, school visits and tours of the site but, while environmental monitoring of the project is well-established, the social benefits of volunteering are less well known. As such, we're supporting the project to better understand these impacts and build capacity in their team to embed evaluation in their volunteering events.
