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 33 (1) Spring 2012. Heartlands and wildwoods. Sophie Wynne Jones

Abstract: This article considers the potential for native woodland restoration in the Welsh Uplands. It [...]

ECOS 33 (1) Spring 2012. A lifeless living Wales? Mick Green

Abstract: Consultations on green reforms in Wales, including a single environmental delivery body, have set [...]

ECOS 33 (1) Spring 2012. Wildlife fallback – are we prepared? David West

Abstract: Despite the recent advances in nature conservation are we about to see a rapid [...]

ECOS 33 (1) Spring 2012. For Nature’s sake. Mark Avery

Abstract: British nature needs a strong campaigning voice. Public bodies charged with defending wildlife are [...]

ECOS 33 (1) Spring 2012. Cometh the hour? Peter Shirley

Abstract: This article discusses the current forces affecting the role and the influence of wildlife [...]

ECOS 33 (1) Spring 2012 Editorial: Back to basics. Geoffrey Wain

Download editorial as PDF: ECOS 33-1-1 Back to basics

ECOS 33 (2) Summer 2012. Book reviews

Books reviewed in this issue: – The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot. Robert Macfarlane, [...]

ECOS 33 (2) Summer 2012. Lapwing futures – a plea for evidence-based policy. Philip Merricks

Abstract: Farmers and conservationists have a common cause in doing their utmost to halt and [...]

ECOS 33 (2) Summer 2012. Rat Island – lessons from ancient Aotearoa for middle England today. Simon Leadbeater

Abstract: This article began as a book review of William Stolzenburg’s Rat Island (Bloomsbury 2011). [...]

ECOS 33 (2) Summer 2012. Neighbourhood planning – fresh powers for local conservation? Jeremy Owen

Abstract: Reforms to the planning system could bring major change to directing development and managing [...]