WildKingdom and the Map of Dreams Podcast
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Episode 2: Paul Lister
Release date:
Mar 11, 2026
From furniture heir to Highland rewilding pioneer, Paul Lister reveals why bringing wolves back to Scotland, rethinking meat and even shrinking the human footprint may be the boldest hope we have for saving nature.
Conservationist, philanthropist and founder of The European Nature Trust, Paul Lister has spent over two decades transforming Alladale Wilderness Reserve, a 23,000-acre estate in the Scottish Highlands, from traditional sporting ground into one of Britain's most ambitious rewilding projects. Over a million native trees planted, peatlands restored, red squirrels reintroduced and a Scottish wildcat breeding programme underway: Alladale is proof that private landowners can be powerful catalysts for ecological recovery. Paul's ultimate dream? To one day see wolves roaming the Highlands again.
