Scotlands natural environment is its most treasured asset and the subject ofits most vociferous debates. In this book Charles Warren tackles the hottestcurrent ... » 

Scotlands natural environment is its most treasured asset and the subject ofits most vociferous debates. In this book Charles Warren tackles the hottestcurrent debates land reform the future of farming public accessconservation of moorland and birds of prey the place of forestry and thecontrol of alien species and red deer and takes up the challenge ofintegrating conservation with social and economic objectives. The secondedition includes a new chapter on energy and the environment taking in thehighest profile environmental issue in Scotland at present the windfarmcontroversy and debates about the appropriate energy mix for the future. Inaddition the book has been updated throughout to take account of recentchanges in environmental and related social and political issues. «