this is all natural regeneration. that s why we have a 200 year vision to get this whole debate away from the here and the now, me and you, them and us. it s a 200 year vision. we are not going to be here. this is for future generations. the aim is to undo the ecological degradation inflicted by previous generations. the victorians romanticised this land as wild and unspoilt, but they turned much of scotland into shooting estates. deer for stalking laid waste to native plant and tree life. my own grandfather was a gamekeeper on a lowland estate from the 1930s to the 1970s and this is the game book from the estate. it s a meticulous record of every shoot that took place and it begins in 1847, just at the period when the victorians were turning so much of scotland over to bloodsport estates. this seems to me to be a historical artefact that bears witness to a period when human beings really thought they could bend nature
do that and tree and other plant life comes back naturally. habitats and ecosystems lost to grazing for centuries are reseeding insects, birds and mammals should follow. none of this is planted. this is all natural regeneration. that is why we have a 200 year vision to get this whole debate away from the here and now, me and you, them and us. it is a 200 year vision. we are not going to be here. this is for future generations. the aim is to undo the ecological degradation inflicted by previous generations. the victorians romanticised this land as wild and unspoiled but they turned much of scotland into shooting estates. deer for stalking laid waste to native plant and tree life. my own grandfather was a gamekeeper on a lowland estate from the 1930s to the 1970s and this is the game book from the estate. it is a meticulous record of every
centuries are reseeding insects, birds and mammals should follow. none of this is planted. this is all natural regeneration. that is why we have a 200 year vision to get this whole debate away from the here and now, me and you, them and us. it s a 200 year vision. we are not going to be here. this is for future generations. the aim is to undo the ecological degradation inflicted by previous generations. the victorians romanticised this land as wild and unspoilt, but they turned much of scotland into shooting estates. deer for stalking laid waste to native plant and tree life. my own grandfather was a gamekeeper on a lowland estate from the 1930s to the 1970s and this is the game book from the estate. it is a meticulous record of every shoot that took place and it begins in 1847, just at the period when the victorians were turning so much of scotland over