Managing Northern Europe's Forests

K. Jan Oosthoek is an environmental historian and education specialist in the humanities 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).

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Introduction: State Forestry in Northern Europe

Richard Hölzl and K. Jan Oosthoek



Chapter 1. Forestry in Germany, c1550-2000

Bernd-Stefan Grewe and Richard Hölzl



Chapter 2. State Forestry in the Netherlands: from Liberalism to Nature Creation

K. Jan Oosthoek



Chapter 3. State forestry in Belgium since the End of the Eighteenth Century

Pierre-Alain Tallier, Hilde Verboven, Kris Vandekerkhove, Hans Baeté and Kris Verheyen



Chapter 4. Origins and Development of State Forestry in the United Kingdom

K. Jan Oosthoek



Chapter 5. State and Forestry in Denmark from the Late Eighteenth to the Early Twenty-First Century

Bo Fritzbøger



Chapter 6. State Forestry in Norway

Lars Helge Frivold and Asbjørn Svendsrud



Chapter 7. Swedish State Forestry, 1790-2000

Per Eliasson and Erik Törnlund



Chapter 8. Finnish Forestry in a Long-Term Perspective

Heikki Roiko-Jokela



Chapter 9. The History of State Forests and Forestry in Poland

Anna Majchrowska



Conclusion: National Histories, Shared Legacies: State Forestry in Northern Europe in Comparison

Richard Hölzl and K. Jan Oosthoek



Glossary of terms

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