KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF Please choose one ADMINISTRATION AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS COMMUNICATIONS CONFLICT CULTIVATION ENCLOSURES ENERGY EXTRACTION FLOODING GRAZINGS HOUSING KNOWLEDGE LEISURE MANUFACTURE PERCEPTION SETTLEMENTS TRADES Pre-Christian Religion Christian Religion Education Authority Belief Systems Private forestry, Scaur Water, Dumfries-shire Concerns over timber shortages during World War I led to the creation, in 1919, of the state-run Forestry Commission, with a mandate to acquire and plant land. In the late 20th century, favourable tax regimes led to a huge increase in private forestry which, like the Forestry Commission's own plantations, featured large blocks of coniferous monoculture. The relative proportions of state and private forestry are now about 50–50. Large areas of Scotland, much of it on upland edges, have been ploughed and planted for private forestry, in a laissez faire approach to land management. Resource pack   1     2     3     4