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ECOS 36 (1) Spring 2015. Community management of public land: Keeping green assets available. Mark Walton

Abstract: At a time of austerity and a shrinking state we need to create new [...]

ECOS 36 (1) Spring 2015. Wildlife and conservation in community woods: Business as usual? Alexander van der Jagt, Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Anna Lawrence

Abstract: Social and community enterprise projects in woodland management are on the rise in Britain. [...]

ECOS 36 (1) Spring 2015. Community conservation at Neroche – surviving adolescence. Gavin Saunders

Abstract: The Neroche Scheme in the Blackdown Hills AONB started life as an agency-led Lottery [...]

ECOS 36 (1) Spring 2015. The expensive education of Britain’s nature conservation community. Alistair Crowle

Abstract: There seems little unified thinking amongst UK wildlife groups, resulting in a lack of [...]

ECOS 33 (1) Spring 2012. Scottish and reform: A lost opportunity for community landownership? Alexandra Henderson

Abstract: Land reform in Scotland raises huge opportunities for remote areas of the Highlands and [...]

ECOS 35 (2) Summer 2014 The rise of citizen science: How can community research help nature? Kay Haw

Abstract: Citizen science is a popular way of gathering data and involving the public in [...]

ECOS 46 (1) – Illegal lynx releases signal discontent — a wake-up call for rewilding advocates

HANNAH L. TIMMINS · In early January 2025, four lynx, extinct in the UK, were [...]

ECOS Interviews: SALLY HAWKINS

Thoughts from influential nature conservationists… Sally Hawkins Career Highlights I am a researcher and educator [...]

ECOS Interviews: ALAN WATSON FEATHERSTONE

Thoughts from influential nature conservationists… Alan Watson Featherstone Career Highlights My career highlight was founding [...]

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THE VOLUNTEERS

A memoir of conservation, companionship & community Carol Donaldson Summerdale Publishers, 2024, 297 pages Paper [...]