Basil Matthew Stuart Dunlop is a retired Chartered Forester, FICFor (Fellow of the

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) and author who lives in the

Cairngorms National Park Cairngorms National Park () is a national park in northeast Scotland, established in 2003. It was the second of National parks of Scotland, two national parks established by the Scottish Parliament, after Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National ...

. He was the Chief Forester of the Seafield (Strathspey) Estates, which included the

Abernethy Forest Abernethy Forest is a remnant of the Caledonian Forest in Strathspey, Scotland, Strathspey, in the Highland (council area), Highland council area of Scotland. It lies within the Cairngorms National Park, close to the villages of Nethy Bridge, Bo ...

, from 1965 to 1983 when he started Forest Conservation Services (a forestry consulting business). He has written widely on the subject of Pinewood Conservation including contributions to the journals of the Royal Scottish Forestry Society and the Native Woodland Discussion Group. Recognised as a Pinewoods expert, in 1988 he was commissioned by the

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to write 'The Future Management of the Abernethy Forest Estate as a Nature Reserve' when they purchased the estate.

Other activities

His other activities include being a member of

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from 1988 to 1996. Elected

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lor from 1996 to 2007. Since then he has also been the Highland Council representative of the Council of the

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from 1996 to 2002, and a board member of the

Cairngorms National Park Authority Cairngorms National Park () is a national park in northeast Scotland, established in 2003. It was the second of National parks of Scotland, two national parks established by the Scottish Parliament, after Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National ...

from 2003 to 2007. In 2002 he formed, and was the first Chairman of, the Anagach Woods Steering Group becoming Director (Chairman 2002-10) Anagach Woods Trust 2002 to present.New Woodland Walkway opens in Cairngorms National Park

Private Commissions

* ''The Future Management of the Abernethy Forest Estate as a Nature Reserve'', Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 1988

Publications

* ''The Regeneration of our Native Pinewoods'', Royal Scottish Forestry Society, Scottish Forestry (Vol 29, No 2), 1975 * ''The natural regeneration of Scots pine'', Royal Scottish Forestry Society, Scottish Forestry, 1983 * ''Pressures on the forests of the Cairngorms'', in Caring for the High Mountains : Conservation of the Cairngorms, Adam Watson, A Gunson">Adam Watson (scientist)">Adam Watson, A Gunson Centre for Scottish Studies, 1990 * ''Native Woodlands of Strathspey : Research, Survey and Monitoring Report, No33'', Scottish Natural Heritage, 1994 * ''The native woodlands of Strathspey'', in Our Pinewood Heritage, ditor : J Aldhous (

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, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Scottish Natural Heritage), 1995 * ''The Woods of Strathspey in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries'', in Scottish Woodland History, T C Smout">Christopher Smout">T C Smout Scottish Cultural Press, 1997

References

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