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: Emily Adams

ECOS 33 (2) Summer 2012. Paying our way: affording nature in hard times. Tony Whitbread

Abstract: Is looking after the environment an act of charity, to be funded by those [...]

ECOS 33 (2) Summer 2012. From Rio to Devizes: a leap too far? Jenny Hawley

Abstract: It is easy to take the natural environment for granted in my own county [...]

ECOS 33 (2) Summer 2012. Stasis in the forest? Martin Spray

Abstract: The final report of the Independent Forestry Panel includes some good news that is [...]

ECOS 33 (2) Summer 2012. Forest politics – the battle for the status quo. Roger Bodgitt

Abstract: So the Public Forest looks set to remain in public ownership. That may feel [...]

ECOS 33 (2) Summer 2012. Editorial: What White Paper? Geoffrey Wain

Download Editorial as PDF: ECOS 33-2-1 Editorial What white paper

ECOS 33 (3/4) Winter 2012. Book reviews

Book reviews in this issue: – Fighting for birds: 25 years in Nature Conservation.  Mark [...]

ECOS 33 (3/4) Winter 2012. The Wildwood – giving up its secrets? Rick Minter

Abstract: Two children, two landowners and two zoologists were amongst visitors to the big cats [...]

ECOS 33 (3/4) Winter 2012. Reintroducing charismatic species to Scotland: the rhetoric and politics of a 21st century agenda. Koen Arts, Anke Fischer, René van der Wal

Abstract: Little attention is generally paid to how experts involved in species reintroductions argue, and [...]

ECOS 33 (3/4) Winter 2012. Wyre’s future forest – new ventures in a wooded landscape. John and Linda Iles

Abstract: The Wyre Forest National Nature Reserve sits alongside tracts of extensive commercial forestry. This [...]

ECOS 33 (3/4) Winter 2012. Landscape-scale conservation in the South West: Notes from the frontline. Lisa Schneidau

Abstract: Nature Improvement Areas are the current ‘big thing’ in landscape-scale conservation approaches. But how [...]