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Page 14 • The HERALD • 17th February 2022 v READ THE HERALD ONLINE: www.herald-publishing.co.uk v M. C. 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It is being worsened by a changing climate that is driving changes in the numbers and distribution of our wildlife species. Land in the National Park is essential to mitigate climate change; sequestering and storing carbon, supporting wildlife, providing clean water and preventing ooding. New Forest National Park Authority Chair Gavin Parker said: “We can all take action immediately to start reducing our carbon emissions, actions that will protect the National Park for future generations and help reach the target of the National Park being ‘Net Zero with Nature’ by 2050. The Festival is a real community effort with lots of opportunities to find out what people are already doing near you and how you can help make a difference, as well as discovering more about the New Forest.” Join the hundreds of other people who have taken the New Forest Climate and Nature Challenge pledge at: www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/pledge. e New Forest Awakening Festival programme, with more events being added daily, is available here: www. newforestnpa.gov.uk/awakening. Also search for @newforestnpa for updates on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. also be family-focused events to engage children about the New Forest’s rare habitats, and the chance to nd out more about our wonderful local New Forest Marque producers. e New Forest is a very special place. More than 50% of the area is of international importance for nature, and some sites have the highest possible conservation status. It has the largest area of lowland heath in Western Europe, shaped by the free-roaming animals owned by commoners. Commoning is the traditional system of land management with rights attached to properties allowing people to turn ponies, cattle, sheep and pigs onto the open Forest. e rare heathland and wetland habitats in the New Forest are havens for wildlife, some of which are declining in other parts of the UK. Ground-nesting birds such as the curlew, Dartford warbler and mystical nightjar can all be found in the New Forest. Join the New Forest Awakening Festival New Forest organisations are inviting people to join in with the New Forest Awakening Festival which runs throughout February 2022. e festival is a joint response to the climate and nature emergencies in the New Forest and ran for the rst time last year. Several thousand people took part in the 28 online events in 2021, while messages about the climate and nature emergencies reached 815,000 people. is year it’s back and bigger than before with even more events, talks, guides and workshops showing what local organisations and community groups are doing to tackle the twin crises, and how we can all help. Many events are online with some in person, ranging from wildlife talks and walks (COVID-19 permitting) to a tree nursery visit, and workshops on how to reduce your own carbon footprint. ere’ll Sunrise at Mogshade Pond by Solent News Welsh Highland Railway update e Railway Club of the New Forest meet on Friday 25th February in the Forest Hall, Brockenhurst Village Hall, Highwood Road, Brockenhurst SO42 7RY. Charles Clark presents ‘Welsh Highland Railway update’. On 28th February 2014 Charles gave a talk entitled ‘ e Rebirth of a Railway’. e subject of that talk dealt with the restoration of the Welsh Highland Railway using ‘then & now’ photographs of the 25-mile long restored heritage railway that operates from Caernarfon to Porthmadog, and passes through a number of popular tourist destinations including Beddgelert and the Aberglaslyn Pass. In the eight years since then the railway has gone from strength to strength, with further restorations and improvements. e new talk will feature these and will look at the list of locomotives (over 30) that have ever run on the railway. Visitors welcome. £4 on the door, arrive from 7pm, start at 7.30pm. Find them at: www. railwayclubo henewforest.org Picture by Charles Clark