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 39 (1): Continuous Cover Forestry and Rewilding

Better understanding of Continuous Cover Forestry could steer much UK forestry practice towards the wider [...]

ECOS 39 (1): How many conservations?

Even amongst different categories of conservationists there are shades and scales of opinion – it’s [...]

ECOS 39 (1): A Green Future

Is the Government’s new 25 year plan for the environment a sign it is desperately [...]

ECOS 38 (6): Lies, damn lies and nature conservation

Wildlife and game groups should find more common ground. Between them they could bring complementary [...]

ECOS 38 (6): Michael Gove – what next?

The prospect of leaving the European Union has created uncertainty and concern about the future [...]

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ECOS 38 (6): Assessing impacts of offshore wind turbines

The data and models used to claim no effects from offshore wind farms on birds [...]

ECOS 38 (6): Gender equality in the Wildlife Trusts

Women now have a near equal share of middle ranking and management roles amongst Wildlife [...]

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ECOS 38 (6): London’s National Park City

London’s National Park City could offer a refreshing new overview for greenspace management. To what [...]

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ECOS 38 (6): #Rewilding

Twitter debates reveal the prejudices and the passion surrounding moves to embrace rewilding.    Over [...]

Learning in bear country: the journey to carnivore conflict mitigation

Co-existence – on whose terms? Humans are eager for more nature in their lives. This [...]