ECOS Feature Articles

Welcome to the ECOS Archive - a compendium of 40 years of commentary and challenging writing on nature conservation in Britain.

You can search the Archive by subject, author or edition.

 

ECOS Interviews: JO CARTMELL

Thoughts from influential nature conservationists… JO CARTMELL Career highlights I am not sure that an [...]

Letter to our new Prime Minister

Dear Prime Minister, Nature needs leadership Congratulations on your success in rising to number 10.  [...]

ECOS Interviews: PATRICK ROPER

Thoughts from influential nature conservationists… PATRICK ROPER Career highlights I am not what I think [...]

ECOS 43 (2): Passive Rewilding: A case for more trees on peat and fewer species reintroductions

A smorgas board of sophisticated rewilding initiatives are springing up across the UK, capturing the [...]

ECOS Interviews: CLIVE HAMBLER

Thoughts from influential nature conservationists… CLIVE HAMBLER Career highlights My early research led to the [...]

Book review: Silent Earth

Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse Dave Goulson Harper Collins, New York, 2021, 336 Pages [...]

ECOS 43 (1): Education and skills for a nature-positive future

“For biodiversity to be protected, it has to be valued. This starts with education.” From [...]

Nature at the Crossroads

Introduction Well, maybe more at Spaghetti Junction than at a crossroads. Even though nature is [...]

Ukraine – war-torn people and nature

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a humanitarian disaster but also a potential catastrophe for the [...]

ECOS Interviews: DAVID BLAKE

Thoughts from influential nature conservationists… DAVID BLAKE Background I am employed by Landmarc Support Services, [...]