Forestry Book – Conquering the Highlands by Jan Oosthoek - c2012
The book is available in hard copy from Australia but also in PDF free to download if download conditions are first read. The publisher's website can be reached by clickhere or by accessing
https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/world-forest-history/conquering-highlands#tabanchor
This book covers in some significant detail the events and influences leading up to the formation of the Forestry Commission and the initial afforestation work in the Highlands of Scotland. It charts the progress and major changes in forestry policies through the decades up and into the second millennium.
The chapters are:
1. The nature and development of the forests since the last ice age
2. Scottish forestry in the 19th century
3. The upland question
4. Post-war policy: The end of the strategic reserve
5. Contradictions in the forests: Economics versus conservation
6. Landscape aesthetics, conservation and public access before 1940
7. Landscape aesthetics, conservation and public access after 1940
8. Foresters as naturalists
9. The end of monoculture forestry
10. The past and the future
List of people interviewed:
The following were interviewed or provided written and/or oral comments:
Mr R.A. Allison, 21 July 1999, at his home in Fochabers.
Jim Atterson, 13 August 1999, at the University of Stirling.
Mr John Berry, Correspondence, 28 April and 29 may, 1999.
Mr Roger Bradley, 27 August 1998, at the University of Stirling and written comments.
Mr John Davies, 22 September 1999, at his home in Dumfries.
Mr F.J. Donald, 13 July 1999, at his home in Edinburgh.
Dr. William E.S. Mutch, 12 August 1998, at his home in Edinburgh.
More career details on the above are recorded in the book.
Groups: Forestry Records, Booklets and Reports