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.

 

Can you help? BANC Trustee sought

Can you help? BANC Trustee with Fundraising Expertise BANC, like many other organisations, is facing [...]

ECOS 36 (3/4) Book reviews

Inglorious: Conflict in the uplands. Mark Avery Counting Sheep: A celebration of the pastoral heritage [...]

ECOS 36 (3/4) Plotting in the Woods. Emily Adams

Abstract: Revitalising conservation was at the heart of debate at the BANC annual event in [...]

ECOS 36 (3/4) Nature and two legs. Martin Spray

Abstract: Exploring, understanding, and enthusing about nature require both art and science. Download article as [...]

ECOS 36 (3/4) Iran’s greenest government ever. Janet MacKinnon

Abstract: On 17 November 2015, the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a 15 [...]

ECOS 36 (3/4) Revitalising conservation: the fountain of youth. Hendrikus van Hensbergen and Kate Huggett

Abstract: This article explores how we can engage young people in conservation. Drawing on their [...]

ECOS 36 (3/4) Rewilding gathers pace in the conservation mind fields. Peter Taylor and Alison Parfitt

Abstract: Two wildernistas, Peter Taylor and Alison Parfitt, take stock of developments as everyone starts [...]

ECOS 36 (3/4) Where next for landscapescale conservation in England? Lisa Schneidau

Abstract: It’s been over three years since Nature Improvement Areas (NIAs) started, as a first [...]

ECOS 36 (3/4) Managing for nature A farmer’s view on wildlife schemes. Martin Hole

Abstract: This article gives a farmer’s perspective of working with agri-environment schemes. Experience to date [...]

ECOS 36 (3/4) Evidence-based or evidence-blind? Priorities for revitalising conservation. Clive Hambler

Abstract: As conservationists pursue their goals of defending and managing the natural world, too often [...]