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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ECOS 38 (3): Nature’s class warfare

The middle classes are now holding back conservation. Conservation bodies should appeal to new categories [...]

ECOS 38 (3): Nature’s Brexit

Is the speculation around Brexit a distraction from the underlying causes of the parlous state [...]

ECOS 38 (3): Brexit landscapes of the Welsh hinterland

The character and the wildlife potential of the Mid Wales landscape remains uncertain and deeply [...]

ECOS 38 (3): Missing links of Natura 2000

Lessons from Romania suggest Brexit may result in a damaged network of wildlife sites in [...]

ECOS 38 (3): Political Events

2020 vision – do we have it? Over the next two years, nature conservation on [...]

ECOS 38 (3): All At Sea?

Marine nature conservation is not going well in Wales where designated marine protected areas have [...]

ECOS 38 (3): Brexit politics – what place wildlife and nature?

How can we move beyond a salvage operation for nature conservation as the Brexit arrangements [...]

ECOS 38 (3): Brexit and the Scottish Environment

Brexit brings uncertain challenges and unintended consequences for  Scotland’s environment. Keeping wildlife concerns integrated with [...]

ECOS 38 (3): Zoo Futures

Criticising and nit-picking zoos is easy copy for journalists. The imperfections of zoos needs getting [...]

ECOS 38 (2): The Nature question

The sample of meanings of Nature in this article shows something of the diversity of [...]