Welcome to Trees for Life - Restoring the Caledonian Forest

Why is the Caledonian Forest so important and special?

The Caledonian Forest once covered over 1.5 million hectares of the Scottish Highlands.
Today just 1% of the forest remains, and species such as the beaver, wild boar and lynx have gone.
The surviving remnants of the forest are ageing and fragmented, struggling to regenerate because of overgrazing.
Now it's up to us to ensure the survival of this ancient and remarkable woodland.
It's Scotland's equivalent of the rainforest and it urgently needs our help.

Learn more about the Caledonian Forest

Dundreggan Lodge

Urgent Appeal for Dundreggan Lodge!
Our purchase of the 10,000 acre Dundreggan Estate in Glen Moriston is finally going ahead in the next few weeks, and we urgently need to raise £210,000 for Dundreggan Lodge as part of this. Please help us achieve our goal by making a donation today - further details are available on our special Urgent Appeal for Dundreggan Lodge! page.

You can also download our special appeal letter about this project.

Listen to Trees for Life Executive Director Alan Watson Featherstone talking about the loss of the Caledonian Forest on BBC Radio 4's Making History programme, in a piece about the history of the Caledonian Forest broadcast on 11th December 2007. The recording can be heard on the Making History web page, by clicking on the link that says 'Listen to this programme in full'. The piece which features Trees for Life begins at 17 minutes into the 30 minute programme.

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"...today it is the duty of every thinking being to live, and to serve not only his own day and generation, but also generations unborn by helping to restore and maintain the green glory of the forests of the earth."

Richard St. Barbe Baker

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