Managing Northern Europe's Forests

K. Jan Oosthoek is an environmental historian based in Brisbane, Australia. He is author of Conquering the Highlands: A History of the Afforestation of the Scottish Uplands (2013). He has also served as vice-president of the European Society for Environmental History (2005-2007) and manages the website "Environmental History Resources" (www.eh-resources.org).Richard Hoelzl is a researcher for the German Science Foundation at the University of Goettingen. He is the author of a book on scientific forestry in Germany (Umkampfte Walder, 2010) and co-editor of a collection on the global history of missions (Mission Global, 2013). His article "Historicizing Sustainability" in Science as Culture was awarded the 2011 Best Article Prize by the European Society for Environmental History.

"This comprehensive and truly transnational collection provides fascinating comparative studies of the history of forestry. It will be of wide interest to environmental historians and students of silviculture everywhere." - Tom Brooking, University of Otago

• List of tables, maps and illustrationsAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsMap of countries and percentage of forest cover in 2000Introduction: State Forestry in Northern EuropeRichard Hoelzl and K. Jan OosthoekChapter 1. Forestry in Germany, c1550-2000Bernd-Stefan Grewe and Richard HoelzlChapter 2. State Forestry in the Netherlands: from Liberalism to Nature CreationK. Jan OosthoekChapter 3. State forestry in Belgium since the End of the Eighteenth CenturyPierre-Alain Tallier, Hilde Verboven, Kris Vandekerkhove, Hans Baete and Kris VerheyenChapter 4. Origins and Development of State Forestry in the United KingdomK. Jan OosthoekChapter 5. State and Forestry in the Denmark from the Late Eighteenth to the Early Twenty First CenturiesBo FritzbogerChapter 6. State Forestry in NorwayLars Helge Frivold and Asbjorn SvendsrudChapter 7. Swedish State Forestry, 1790-2000Per Eliasson and Erik TornlundChapter 8. Finnish Forestry in a Long-term PerspectiveHeikki Roiko-JokelaChapter 9. The History of State Forests and Forestry in PolandAnna MajchrowskaConclusion: National Histories, Shared Legacies: State forestry in Northern Europe in comparisonRichard Hoelzl and K. Jan OosthoekGlossary of termsBibliograhpyIndex