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 37 (1) Spring 2016. What would Brexit mean for nature? Mike Townsend

Abstract: Very little of the debate around the EU referendum has considered the impacts on [...]

ECOS 37 (1) Spring 2016. Nature conservation in Britain – turning the tide? Alistair Crowle

Abstract: This article follows up recent debate in ECOS over revitalising conservation. It argues that [...]

ECOS 37 (1) Spring 2016 Mind the gap – Reflections on revitalising conservation. Peter Shirley

Abstract: We need different groups of people to act in a variety of ways to [...]

ECOS 37 (1) Spring 2016 Editorial: Blob on the landscape. Geoffrey Wain

Abstract: So what’s the verdict? What, if anything, can revive our flagging spirits and put [...]

ECOS 1980 1 (1) Book reviews, letters and news

Books reviewed: Seal Cull: The Grey Seal Controversy. John Lister-Kaye, 1979. Fieldwork Projects in Biology. [...]

ECOS 1980 1 (1) The Countryside and Wildlife Bill – Pete Rayne

Abstract: Existing legislation for wildlife protection in the UK is comlex, dispersed and inadequate. Recognising [...]

ECOS 1980 1 (1) Corby Closures – Mark July

Abstract: Closure of Corby steelworks may bring improvements to local air quality but the industry [...]

ECOS 1980 1 (1) Wash reclamation – Nick Pinder

Abstract: A discussion about the Ouse Washes and a plan for reclamation of salt-marsh as [...]

ECOS 1980 1 (1) Blue moves at Blean? Christine Bradley

Abstract: Now that the large blue butterfly is almost certainly extinct as a British breeding [...]

ECOS 1980 1 (1) One man’s view – Hanter Pobas

Abstract: A discussion of the trends and fashions in Ecology Download article as PDF: ECOS [...]