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Author Archives: Beth Gerrard

ECOS 44 (1.3): Postgraduate Award 2022

Saving rivers with burbot: Can a lost species help river restoration? By Reagan Pearce The [...]

ECOS 44 (1.2): Undergraduate Award 2022

Where the spirit meets the bones: Museum collections as a resource in ecology and conservation [...]

ECOS 44 (1.1) Undergraduate Award 2022

Macho Nature: The past, present and future of the patriarchy in natural history By Bethany [...]

ECOS 43 (3.5)- Conflict, Post-Colonialism and Conservation: Endings and Beginnings

It is argued that the so-called Anthropocene has its beginnings in European colonisation.1 This seems [...]

ECOS 43 (3.4.1)- Healing communities by healing Country: Indigenous Peoples-led conservation in Australia

This article was originally published on the Natural History of Ecological Restoration website as Healing [...]

ECOS 43 (3.4)- First Nations-led Ecological Restoration in Australia

The final article in ECOS’s series on Conflict, Post-Colonialism and Conservation describes the work of [...]

Natural Infrastructure and HS2’s wildlife toll

Work on HS2 continues amidst continuing controversy over whether it is really needed, if it [...]

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ECOS 43 (3.3.2)- Retrofitting carnivores into British culture: Lessons from Africa and Asia

Arguments for reintroducing wild carnivores into the British Isles are often deployed on ecological or [...]

ECOS 43 (3.3.1)- Living with Tigers- Coexistence with large carnivores

Authors: Hannah L Timmins, Sue Stolton, Nigel Dudley, Smriti Dahal and Mike Belecky Suggested citation: [...]

ECOS 43 (3.3)- Conservation of Large Carnivores: Coexistence Lessons from Africa and Asia

The Year of the Rabbit, with associations of calm, peace and good luck, follows that [...]