Alan Watson Featherstone

Alan Watson Featherstone (born 10 February 1954) is a Scottish ecologist. He is a natural history photographer, speaker and the founder of the conservation charity Trees for Life.

Biography During the 1970s he travelled throughout the United States, Canada and South America. On his return to the United Kingdom, he joined the Findhorn Foundation in 1978. The charity has received numerous awards. He is also a trustee and former chairman of Wild Things! an environmental education charity based in the North of Scotland and a former trustee of the Findhorn Foundation. He is a trustee of the Findhorn Hinterland Trust, and Trees for Hope, a charity that promotes the ecological restoration of the Fertlle Crescent region.

In 2001 he received the Schumacher Award from the Schumacher Society, for "his inspirational and practical work on conserving and restoring degraded ecosystems".

Awards Schumacher Award from the Schumacher Society, 2001. RSPB, Outstanding Contribution Award, 2013.