Category Archives: Articles
ECOS 34 (1) Spring 2013. Welsh nature – riches to be protected or resources to be plundered? James Robertson
Abstract: This article considers the background to the creation of Natural Resources Wales (NRW). Do [...]
ECOS 34 (1) Spring 2013. The future of England’s green agencies: with writing from Peter Shirley and Simon Leadbeater
Abstract: Should we welcome the current review of Natural England and the Environment Agency or [...]
ECOS 34 (1) Spring 2013. Greening the funeral business. Ruth Boogert
Abstract: Natural burials claim to offer cheaper and more environmentally friendly end-of-life choices. This article [...]
ECOS 34 (1) Spring 2013. Heathland futures – a role for wood-fuel lots? Ian Rotherham and Paul Titterton
Abstract: Management of heathlands has been problematic for some decades and the situation is now [...]
ECOS 34 (1) Spring 2013. New entrepreneurs in conservation – lessons from South Yorkshire’s Dearne Valley. Ian Rotherham
Abstract: The separation of nature from economy leads to ‘cultural severance’ and loss of species. [...]
ECOS 34 (1) Spring 2013. Ecosystem Services – are we flogging a dead horse? David West
Abstract: Different parts of the natural world may well have inherent value to society but [...]
ECOS 34 (2) Summer 2013. Helping the State of Nature – public duty and political evasion. Writing from: Adrian Phillips, Michael Jeeves, Ian Bond, Peter Shirley
Abstract: Following the May 2013 launch of the State of Nature report, ECOS asked around [...]
ECOS 34 (2) Summer 2013. Wild nature reclaiming man-made landscapes. Mark Fisher
Abstract: This article critiques the recent publication, Trees, Forested Landscapes and Grazing Animals: A European [...]
ECOS 34 (2) Summer 2013. The feral book – reintroducing rewilding. Simon Ayres
Abstract: George Monbiot’s new book Feral is akin to an unofficial release into the rewilding [...]
ECOS 34 (2) Summer 2013. Ennerdale – celebrating the wild and the exceptional. Alison Parfitt
Abstract: In June 2013, 70 people gathered in Ennerdale. We walked in this Lake District [...]