Sustainability in the Scottish Highlands

Zoe Malcolm is Lecturer in Sociology (sustainable development) at the University of Edinburgh in the School of Social and Political Science.

• List of FiguresList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgements1 Introduction: A Critical Ethnography of a Community Biosphere2 The Wester Ross Biosphere: Designation and Organisation3 The Biosphere as Regional Place-Making4 (Un)Sustainability and Nature-Culture Relations5 Conserving Cultural Heritage6 The Past, Present and Futures of Crofting7 Gaelic Language and Culture: Loss and Revival8 Wester Ross in the World: The Local-Global Nexus9 Towards Biocultural and Convivial Conservation10 The Politics of Land Use and Ownership11 Alternatives for Just and Sustainable Futures12 Conclusion: Moving Beyond Common SenseAppendix 1: Participant ListReferencesIndex

This highly innovative and inclusive study draws on a multidisciplinary methodology to present the first in-depth study of Scotland’s Wester Ross UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in its global context. It is admirably clear-eyed, taking a balanced but analytical perspective, but most importantly brings the experiences of local people and communities engaged and impacted by the Biosphere into focus.