Question: Proposal: A project to support community forestry committees in Scotland, funded by the Forestry Commission.
Answer: Scotland is home to a number of community managed forests; the Laggan Forest Initiative (FI) and Abriachan Forest Trust (FT). Developed in the 1990’s they both incorporated a blueprint approach, that is planned from the beginning and a political, process approach. However, Abriachan FT was clearly more political process in approach and Laggan FI more blueprint. Abriachan engaged in public action (Mackintosh, 1992) that perhaps contributed towards these significant changes in forestry at the time.
The Laggan FI identified their objectives as improving local economic development, through local employment. The Abriachan FT identified their objectives; a right to public access in the forest, environment improvement, educational benefits as well as local employment....(short extract)
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- Subject: Geography
- Course: Geography
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 67%
- Words: 1568
- Date submitted: December 10, 2010
- Date written: May, 2009
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 3549
