Cover; Copyright; Contents; Expanded contents list; Figures; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and acronyms; Foreword; Part One The nature and control of the land; CHAPTER ONE The shaping of Scotland's environment; CHAPTER TWO The political and planning context; Part Two The pieces of the jigsaw; CHAPTER THREE The land: who should own Scotland?; CHAPTER FOUR The trees: forest management; CHAPTER FIVE The fields: agriculture and crofting; CHAPTER SIX The waters: freshwater resource management. CHAPTER SEVEN The animals: wildlife managementCHAPTER EIGHT The 'natural': conservation management; Part Three Interactions and controversies; CHAPTER NINE Public access and recreation: whose rights and whose responsibility?; CHAPTER TEN Natives, aliens and reintroductions: what species where?; CHAPTER ELEVEN Integrating forestry: deer in woodlands, and trees on farms; CHAPTER TWELVE Powering Scotland: windfarms and the energy debate; Part Four Thinking and deciding about the environment; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Environmental ethics and decision-making; Part Five Conclusion. CHAPTER FOURTEEN Environmental management in twenty-first-century ScotlandReferences; Index.