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ECOS 40(6): The golden rules of rewilding – examining the case of Oostvaardersplassen

Helen Kopina, Simon Leadbeater, Paul Cryer This article adds to the “golden rules” of rewilding [...]

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ECOS 40(6): Return of the wolf in Northwestern Europe – A case of spontaneous rewilding

There are few cases of the striking return of a species once eradicated, particularly a [...]

ECOS 40(5): The Glover review – refining the finest landscapes?

The recommendations of the Glover panel’s Landscapes Review are not dissimilar to those in the [...]

ECOS 40(5): Gloom & doom, but room for optimism?

State of Nature report 2019 Would it not be wonderful if Britain was indeed a [...]

ECOS 40 (4): Undergraduate winner 2019: What are our otters eating?

Over the last 40 years populations of the elusive Eurasian Otter (Fig.1) have been increasing [...]

ECOS 40 (4) 2019: Undergraduate runner up: The crash of ash

Ash trees across the UK are dying following the relentless spread of the ‘ash dieback’ [...]

ECOS 40 (4): Postgraduate winner 2019: Great crested newts: the modern canary in the coal mine

In recent years great crested newts have declined rapidly across the UK despite measures in [...]

ECOS 40 (4): Postgraduate runner up 2019: Wild animals fertilise wild ecosystems: but will we let them?

The collective impact of animals in fertilising ecosystems across the world can offer much to [...]

ECOS 40(3): Nature’s place – what should live where?

What are our reference points for taking a stance on whether something belongs in the [...]

ECOS 40(3): Post-Nature writing?

A personal view of what nature writing might break in case of an emergency. Gritty [...]