Tracing the ecline of the Caledonian orest' over ix millennia

摘要

For its twentieth anniversary meeting, the Scottish Woodland History Discussion Group meeting went back to where it all began two decades ago, at the SNH centre at Battleby. Around 130 people of all generations attended, which was encouraging. It turned out to be one of the most interesting meetings the group has ever had.The title for the day was nothing if not ambitious: 'Tracing the decline of the 'Caledonian Forest' over six millennia." Peter Quelch opened the conference, reflecting on how the discussion group had originated at an optimal time in the 1990s, when the Forestry Commission was changing direction, Historic Scotland was thinking more widely and environmental history was emerging as a discipline in its own right.