Scotland is at the heart of modern sustainable upland management. This collection of cutting edge studies is a first-to-press synthesis of studies carried out by the Centre for Mountain Studies at Perth College, which will be both enlightening and relevant to upland managers across Britain and Europe.

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Cover
Title page
Copyright
Contents
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Preface
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Notes on the contributors
Part One Sustainability in the uplands
Chapter One Sustainability in the uplands: introducing key concepts
Chapter Two Recognising Scotland’s upland ecosystem services
Part Two Perspectives from private landownership
Chapter Three The Scottish private estate
Chapter Four What motivates private landowners?
Chapter Five The laird and the community
Part Three Perspectives from community and NGO landownership
Chapter Six Community landownership: Rediscovering the road to sustainability
Chapter Seven Buying nature: a review of environmental NGO landownership
Part Four Aligning upland estate management with sustainability
Chapter Eight A sustainability tool for the owners and managers of upland estates
Chapter Nine Lessons for sustainable upland management
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