Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Expanded contents list vii
4. List of figures xiv
5. Preface to the first edition xvii
6. Preface to the second edition xx
7. Acknowledgements xxii
8. List of abbreviations and acronyms xxiv
9. Foreword: Professor Chris Smout xxvi
10. Part One. The nature and control of the land
11. Chapter 1. The shaping of Scotland’s environment 1
12. Chapter 2. The political and planning context 23
13. Part Two. The pieces of the jigsaw
14. Chapter 3. The land: who should own Scotland? 45
15. Chapter 4. The trees: forest management 67
16. Chapter 5. The fields: agriculture and crofting 102
17. Chapter 6. The waters: freshwater resource management 140
18. Chapter 7. The animals: wildlife management 174
19. Chapter 8. The ‘natural’: conservation management 214
20. Part Three. Interactions and controversies
21. Chapter 9. Public access and recreation: whose rights and whose responsibility? 259
22. Chapter 10. Natives, aliens and reintroductions: what species where? 282
23. Chapter 11. Integrating forestry: deer in woodlands, and trees on farms 315
24. Chapter 12. Powering Scotland: windfarms and the energy debate 340
25. Part Four. Thinking and deciding about the environment
26. Chapter 13. Environmental ethics and decision-making 375
27. Part Five. Conclusion
28. Chapter 14. Environmental management in twenty-first-century Scotland 407
29. References 425
30. Index 481