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The links below lead to articles and broadcasts about Trees for Life on external websites.
2008
July 2008
£10,000 boost for trees charity Article in The Northern Scot on 21st July 2008 about the £10,000 donation we have received from Standard Life.
Company backs forest restoration scheme; Article in the Rutland and Stamford Mercury on 11th July 2008 about the support we are receiving from TreeTwist Ltd.
Sustaining Society, Enriching Life; an article written for the Scottish Government’s
campaign ‘See the person, not the age’, which features one of our Conservation Work Week leaders and long-term supporters of Trees for
Life, Fay Blackburn.
Viva
la beaver: Britain's population is beginning to thrive again Article in The Independent on 10th July 2008 about the
plan to reintroduce beavers at Knapdale in Argyll, which quotes Trees for Life and Alan Watson Featherstone, but which wrongly states that
Trees for Life will carry out the reintroduction - it is in fact being led by the Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
Green charity's work nets a cash boost. Article in the Forres Gazette on 2nd July 2008 about the £10,000 donation we have received from Standard Life.
June 2008
Debates on return of wild animals News story on the BBC News
website about the conference, Wild,Free and Coming Back, that we're co-hosting at Findhorn on 16-17 September 2008.
Charity in huge north trees planting move Article in the Press & Journal on 11th June 2008 about our commitment to plant 250,000 trees by the end of 2009.
May 2008
Scottish Beaver Trial a "tremendous step forward" - our press release about the Scottish Government's decision to approve a trial reintroduction of European beavers is featured on the web site, www.pr.com.
Scottish Beaver Trial a "tremendous step forward" - our press release about the Scottish Government's decision to approve a trial reintroduction of European beavers is featured on the web site, pr-canada-net.
2007
December 2007
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.
September 2007
The Highland Aspen Group and Trees for Life are working to boost numbers of aspen in the highlands. See the
introduction on Scotland Outdoors' Landward, or
watch the video.
August 2007
Hear
Alan Watson Featherstone, Trees for Life's founder, speaking about his
inspiration and work to restore the Caledonian Forest with radio presenter
Clare Balding, and Sandra Reid of the Forestry Commission Scotland as they
take in the sights and wildlife of Glen Affric in 'Ramblings',
a half hour programme on BBC Radio 4 broadcast on 3rd August 2007. The
recording can be heard on the Ramblings web page, by clicking on the
link there to Listen to this programme in full.
April 2007
Call for the lynx to walk the wilds again. Sunday
Telegraph article from 15 April 2007, quoting Trees for Life's Adam Powell.
February 2007, I Love Pine
Don't pine, love a tree on Valentine's Day on thisisnorthscotland.co.uk
Perfect alternative, ethical gift for Valentine's Day on UKPRwire.com
Saying 'I love you' with a heart full of affection and carbon offset on thescotsman.scotsman.com
The Perfect alternative gift for Valentine's Day on the United Nations Environment Programme's Billion Tree Campaign Site
Go Green for Love in environment.guardian.co.uk
January 2007
Day of the wolf - but its evil image could stop it saving the Highlands – Article in The Guardian from 31st January 2007, quoting Trees for Life and Alan Watson Featherstone.
2003 and earlier
August 2003
Once bitten, twice shy:
Article in The Guardian from 6th August 2003 about Highland midges, quoting Alan Watson Featherstone about a possible link between forest loss and increased midge numbers.
March 2002
Repair work: Activists take on Earth restoration.
Article in The Guardian from 13th March 2002, quoting Alan Watson Featherstone on the need for ecological restoration to become the central task for humanity in the 21st century.
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