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Alan Watson Featherstone was educated at Strathallan School in Perthshire, Scotland.
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During the 1970s he travelled extensively throughout the United States, Canada and South America. In October 1986 he was the main organiser for a major international conference on the world"s ecological crisis called, "One Earth: A Call to Action", involving 240 delegates. In 1986 he formed Trees for Life, with the aim of restoring the Caledonian Forest and its unique wildlife to the Scottish Highlands.
As of April 2014, the charity has planted over one million native trees.
In August 2008, Featherstone oversaw the purchase of the 4,000 hectare Dundreggan Estate for £1.65 million in Glenmoriston. The charity has received numerous awards.
He has helped to inspire similar ecological restoration projects in the Scottish Borders, Dartmoor in England and the Yendegaia National Park Project in Tierra del Fuego, Chile. Featherstone has given lectures and workshops all over the world and spoken at various international conferences including: the World Wilderness Congress, the Society for Conservation Biology annual conference and the Society for Ecological Restoration conference.
He has written numerous articles for journals and magazines as well as appearing regularly on television and radio.
His photographs have been published in numerous publications including Time, British Broadcasting Corporation Wildlife magazine and the Encyclopædia Britannica. In 2002 Featherstone established the Restoring the Earth project, "to promote the restoration of the planet"s degraded ecosystems as the most important task for humanity in the 21st century". The project is overseen by the Earth Restoration Service, of which, Featherstone is a trustee.
He is also chairman and trustee of Wild Things!.
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