18 November 2016, Starts: 09:20, Ends: 16:20

Policies & products through the ages: the role of the state and private interests

Native Woodlands Discussion Group - SC0TTISH WOODLAND HISTORY CONFERENCE
Battleby Conference Centre, by Perth

TO REGISTER  CONTACT: Alison Averis at alisonaveris@gmail.com
REGISTRATION CLOSES MONDAY 14 NOVEMBER
NWDG MEMBERS: £28 /NON MEMBERS OF NWDG: £35

Programme:

9.20am REGISTRATION & Tea/Coffee
9.50am Introduction: tbc
10.00am Public policy and private practice: protection, management and development of Scotland’s woodland resources from the 12th to 17th centuries - Richard Oram
10.50am Buildings & boats; the tree-ring evidence for woodland products - Anne Crone
11.30am “Most Spirited Cultivators”: New Merchant Landowners and the influence of the Enlightenment - Jackie Lee
12.00pm Discussion
Chair: Coralie Mills

1.30pm The influence of Napoleonic war/naval shipping demand on Scottish Woods - Scott Wilson
2.10pm The impact of WW1 on Scotland’s forests and forestry - Syd House
2.40pm The influences of policy on estate forestry in the 20th century - Andrew Barbour