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Trees for Life

Forres, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom 路 Nonprofit 路 Regional 路 since 1993

Rewilding the Scottish Highlands by restoring the Caledonian Forest

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About

Trees for Life is a Scottish charity (SC021303) founded by Alan Watson Featherstone in 1986 as a Findhorn Foundation project and registered as an independent charity in 1993; it is based at Findhorn Bay, Forres. It restores the native Caledonian Forest in Glen Affric, on its 4,100-hectare Dundreggan estate (bought in 2008, now home to a rewilding centre and tree nursery) and at partner sites, through volunteer planting weeks, natural regeneration, seed collection of rare montane species and wildlife reintroductions.

What they run

Dundreggan estate Reforestation2008鈥損resent

4,100-hectare Highland estate in Glenmoriston bought in 2008 for forest restoration, now home to the Dundreggan Rewilding Centre and tree nursery.

Tree Seed Collection Project Seed collection2024鈥損resent

Volunteers collect seed from rare native species in surviving ancient woodland and rainforest fragments; 2.2 million seeds collected in 2024/25, enough to grow 1.5 million trees.

Rewilding Weeks Reforestation1991鈥損resent

Residential volunteer weeks planting trees and supporting natural regeneration at Dundreggan, Glen Affric and partner sites.

The numbers

MetricYearValueProgramConfidenceSource
Trees plantedto date20242,000,000Organization-wideSelf-reportedsourceAnnual review 2023/24: since 1993 'helping to grow more than two million trees' plus natural regeneration
Volunteers engagedto date20245,000Organization-wideSelf-reportedsourceAnnual review 2023/24: 'more than 5,000 people have volunteered with us' since 1993

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