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May 17, 2021 · Paul Lister, the heir to the MFI fortune, explains why he decided to re-wild the 23,000 acre Alladale estate in the Scottish Highlands. Two decades ago my father suffered a severe stroke and it sent me to a dark place. I decided I’d come out of it and reinvent myself. I was not the entrepreneur that my father was, so I decided that I should ...
Apr 20, 2023 · Paul Lister surveys his reserve But as Lister, whose father started the MFI furniture empire, points out, the Highlands were once largely covered by Caledonian forests. “We’ve been cutting down those forests for the last millennium, most heavily in the past 300 years,” he laments.
SATURDAY INTERVIEW. MFI heir determined to answer call of the wild and help save the world. Voters can forget education and health if they don’t have oxygen to breathe, says Paul Lister. Mike ...
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Nov 4, 2013 · Paul Lister, the multi-millionaire heir to the MFI furniture fortune, is a firm believer that wolves and bears are far more effective culling machines than men with guns – and much better for ...
- Tom Bawden
Paul Lister, the heir to the MFI fortune, sits restlessly nearby on the couch, barely able to contain his nervous energy. By his side, impassive, is Hedi Wyss, a former environmental journalist ...
- Senior Reporter
Oct 24, 2021 · By Lisa Young. Published 24th Oct 2021, 04:55 BST. Paul Lister, owner of the Alladale Estate has spent 20-year pursuing his vision of rewilding the 23,000-acre property in the Scottish Highlands ...
Alladale Wilderness Reserve is a 23,000-acre (93 km 2) highland estate in the Caledonian Forest in Sutherland, in the Scottish Highlands.The estate was purchased in 2003 by conservationist and philanthropist Paul Lister, who hopes to recreate a wooded landscape and reintroduce native animals including predators such as the Scottish wildcat and the wolf.
