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: HOWARD DAVIES

Thoughts from influential nature conservationists… Howard Davies Career Highlights I would consider myself extremely lucky.  [...]

ECOS 45 (2.2): Undergraduate Award 2023

The Decline of Swifts in the UK: Causes and solutions BETH CRITCHLEY This article considers [...]

ECOS 45 (2.1): Postgraduate Award 2023

A Clash of Values: Why should we believe in the inherent value of nature? JACK [...]

ECOS 45 (1) – Protected Area Downgrading, Downsizing and Degazettement (PADDD) in the UK

NIGEL DUDLEY We know that British protected areas are legally being downgraded, downsized and sometimes [...]

ECOS Interviews: MATHEW FRITH

Thoughts from influential nature conservationists… Mathew Frith Career Highlights They have been numerous, but include [...]

ART & NATURE IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES

ART & NATURE IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES Bruce Kendrick Whittles Publishing, 2023, 224 pages Paperback: [...]

THE ANCIENT WOODS OF SOUTH-EAST WALES

THE ANCIENT WOODS OF SOUTH-EAST WALES Oliver Rackham Little Toller, 2022, 336 Pages Paperback: £20 [...]

ECOS 44 (5.1)- Selling England by the pound

IAN D. ROTHERHAM Biodiversity offset as conservation opportunity or clever scam? This is an opinion [...]

ECOS 44 (5)- Biodiversity offset and planning gain in relation to habitat creation and translocation – the wise choices for wildlife

IAN D. ROTHERHAM Emerging in the 1980s and 1990s, ideas of habitat rescue and transplantation, [...]

ECOS Interviews: JENNY BARLOW

Thoughts from influential nature conservationists… Jenny Barlow Career Highlights I’ve been lucky to do some [...]