Visit notes to Forestry Areas in Scotland
The document is courtesy of Glenbranter Forest office staff with particular thanks to Ian Adams who has stored these old files for many years.
This professionally produced booklet was provided as a hand out to a visiting delegation from the 12th Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organisations. Unfortunately there is no list of attendees or who were their guides.
The FC annual report for 1956 states:
‘‘The Twelfth Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organisations met in Oxford in July, 1956. The Union was founded In 1890 and this is the first occasion that the Congress, which meets at intervals of three to four years, has been held in Britain. The Congress, which was opened by the R.L Hon, D. Heathcoat Amory, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, was attended by 250 delegates from research organisations in forty-two different countries Discussions were conducted under nine sections, each dealing with a different subject, and continuity is maintained as the Section Leaders continue in office between congresses and keep in touch with research workers in their respective fields and initiate action where this is necessary.
During the conference the delegates visited Rothamsted Experimental Station, the Forest Products Research laboratory, and the Commission's Forest Research Station at Alice Holt Lodge, near Farnham, Surrey.
Mr. James Macdonald, the Commission's Director of Research and Educa¬tion, was honoured by being elected president of the Union in succession to Professor Pavari of Italy,
After the formal meetings, many of the delegates took part in one or other of the seven study tours arranged for them, during which they were shown as much as possible of the research going on in forestry and closely allied sciences. These tours included visits to many of the Commission's forests.’’
The first part of this booklet is shown in the attached PDF and is a copy of the timetable and the locations visited which include Murthly, Faskally, Ledmore, Rannoch, Blair Atholl, Drummond Hill, Inverliever, Kilmichael, Crarae, Inveraray, Strachur, Glenfinnart and Benmore. Included also is a brief history of the decline of Scotland’s ancient forests, a interesting table on breakdown of land use total hectares and percentages in Scotland, some facts on Geology and Climate and a note that all units of measurements are in hectares and metres.
The follow on pages are potted histories of the private estates and Forestry Commission forests visited and have been separated out into follow on entries on this website. See record numbers 4192-4213
Groups: Forestry Areas, Forestry Records, Booklets and Reports