Category Archives: Articles
The human element in farmland management
How studying beetles led me to study people My undergraduate dissertation on beneficial beetles in [...]
Sep
Novel ecosystems: adapting to rapid change
Conservation science is being forced to adapt in the face of increasingly rapid anthropogenic change. [...]
Sep
Ex-situ conservation of amphibians
Amphibians are the most threatened species of vertebrates but are we doing enough to conserve [...]
Sep
The selfish philosophy of nature conservation
This article argues that the magnanimity that is associated with conservation is a misrepresentation of [...]
Sep
Urban Transformers
With the demands of a growing 21st century population and the cramped conditions of our [...]
Sep
The elephant in the uplands and a tale of two narratives
Winner – ECOS Student Article 2017 Competition, supported by Conservation Careers and Green&Blue Why in [...]
Sep
Behaviour change measures in conservation
Behaviour change measures are used in fields such as public health, but have only recently [...]
Sep
ECOS 38 (3): Brexit realpolitik
A broad case for conservation should underpin post-Brexit nature policy if it is to match [...]
Jul
ECOS 38 (3): North East Nature
The Tyne and Wear Green Belt and the area’s green spaces continue to be threatened [...]
Jul
ECOS 38 (3): Green Blob Politics
How will environmental politics be framed in the post-election muddle, and will the daunting figure [...]
Jul