ECOS Feature Articles

Welcome to the ECOS Archive - a compendium of 40 years of commentary and challenging writing on nature conservation in Britain.

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Author Archives: Alice Johnstone-Burt

CORNERSTONES and TENACIOUS BEASTS

CORNERSTONES: Wild Forces That Can Change Our World Benedict Macdonald Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2022, 256 pages [...]

SHAPING THE WILD and SARN HELEN

SHAPING THE WILD: Wisdom From A Welsh Hill Farm David Elias Calon, 2023, 232 pages [...]

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REFLECTIONS

What Wildlife Needs And How To Provide It Mark Avery Pelagic Publishing, 2023, 193 pages [...]

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Wildlife Charities: Political Meddling or Acting For Nature?

There was a great furore recently when the RSPB called the Prime Minister and other [...]

WE ARE FORESTS

Inhabiting Territories In Struggle Jean-Baptiste Vidalou translated by Stephen Muecke Polity, 2023, 208 pages Paperback: [...]

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ECOS Interviews: JAMES COMMON

Thoughts from influential nature conservationists… JAMES COMMON Career highlights Since leaving university in 2016 I’ve [...]

TRAFFICATION

How cars destroy nature and what we can do about it Paul F Donald Pelagic [...]

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BLACK OPS AND BEAVER BOMBING

Adventures with Britain’s Wild Mammals Fiona Mathews and Tim Kendall Oneworld Publications, 2023, 368 pages [...]

ECOS 44 (4)- Are countryside managers responsible for Britain’s 2022 summer wildfires?

BRYN GREEN Heath and grassland fires – causes and effects Like 1976, the exceptionally long, [...]

ECOS 44 (3)- Guerrilla species restorations and reinforcements

HANNAH TIMMINS A tool for decentralising rewilding and generating public support or a disaster for [...]