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ECOS 40(2): The meanings of nature conservation: eco-engineering or letting go?
Giving meaning to nature conservation means pursuing a diversity of practical ways to conserve wildlife. [...]
May
ECOS 40(2): Nature custodians – facing our great paradox
The nature conservation sector has gained resources and influence, yet wildlife continues to decline. Where [...]
May
ECOS 40(2): Nature conservation’s future – back to basics?
Protecting priority sites and species should remain our key concern. In the digital age we [...]
May
ECOS 40(2): Prudential value and the meaning of nature conservation
Land managers’ motives for caring for nature may be more deeply personal than we realise… [...]
May
ECOS 40(2): The meaning of nature conservation – a personal journey
Reawakening nature on your home ground – lessons from a collective effort in Dumfriesshire. Looking [...]
May
ECOS 40(2): ECOS revisited – the early 90s melting pot
Editions reviewed:ECOS 12(1), 12(2), 14(1), 14(3/4) In 1991, James Robertson writing about his own official [...]
May
ECOS 40(1): Third Division
Plants, in nature conservation and beyond, are commonly treated as third-division players. They are “not [...]
Feb
ECOS 40(1): Wisdom or dogma? Reflections on the People’s Manifesto for Wildlife
Wisdom or dogma? Reflections on the People’s Manifesto for Wildlife We need a Species’ Manifesto [...]
Feb
ECOS 40(1): ECOS revisited – the shape of things to come?
Editions Reviewed: ECOS 8(1), 8(2), 8(4), 10(3), 25(1), 28(1) How to make people love; how [...]
Feb
ECOS 40(1): ECOS revisited – highlights and lessons from the early years
Editions Reviewed: ECOS 1 (2), 1 (4), 4 (1) Refreshed perspectives… For many of us [...]
Feb