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Technical wildness: reforestation, rewilding, and the environmental performativity of forest measurement in the Scottish Highlands

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This thesis examines the ecological politics of reforestation in the Scottish Highlands, the large, sparsely populated expanse of mountains and moorland covering the north-western third of Scotland. The region has long been considered one of the UK’s last ‘wild’ places and, somewhat paradoxically, is increasingly framed as an ecologically degraded space ready to restore. The shared concern for reforesting Scotland brings together a range of epistemic groups, with varying commitments to gen...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
Sub department:
Environmental Change Institute
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Supervisor
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
Sub department:
Environmental Change Institute
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0002-7351-2619


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https://ror.org/03n0ht308
Grant:
Grand Union Doctoral Training Program


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Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford

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