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ECOS 44 (5.1)- Selling England by the pound

IAN D. ROTHERHAM Biodiversity offset as conservation opportunity or clever scam? This is an opinion [...]

ECOS 44 (5)- Biodiversity offset and planning gain in relation to habitat creation and translocation – the wise choices for wildlife

IAN D. ROTHERHAM Emerging in the 1980s and 1990s, ideas of habitat rescue and transplantation, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]