Using the Past in the Future of Scotland’s New Native Woodlands

Citation

Tipping R (ed.) (1999) Using the Past in the Future of Scotland’s New Native Woodlands. Scottish Woodland History Discussion Group Notes, IV. St Andrews: The Centre for Environmental History and Policy.

Abstract
As the millennium approaches, Scotland's new ‘native' woodlands are taking shape. But what shape should they be taking? To what extent should they be new? How much should they be recreations of the past? Should they at all reflect now-lost landscapes? Can they? Is the search for the authentic essentially chimeric or rooted in observation? Are there ways in which understanding the past can aid, even direct, the planting of new woods and forests? This volume presents the contributions that were presented at the conference. This was the fourth one-day conference of the Scottish Woodland History Discussion Group, co-ordinated for the first time through the Centre for Environmental History & Policy (CEHP) at the Universities of Stirling and St. Andrews. The organising committee of Richard Tipping, Fiona Watson (CEHP Stirling) and Robin Turner (The National Trust for Scotland) would like here to acknowledge the commitment to the SWHDG of Chris Smout (CEHP St. Andrews), and as ever are utterly indebted to the real organiser, Margaret Richards of the CEHP at St. Andrews. Members of the Discussion Group fully appreciate Margaret's involvement over the last several years.