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 34 (2) Summer 2013. Resilient and adaptive wooded landscapes. Mike Townsend

Abstract: The emergence or threat of a number of aggressive woodland pests and diseases, in [...]

ECOS 34 (2) Summer 2013. Saving Britain’s trees: countering the growing threat from invasive pests and disease. Clive Potter

Abstract: With the onset of ash die back, this article reviews the threats to tree [...]

ECOS 34 (2) Summer 2013. Why a badger cull won’t work. Chris Cheeseman

Abstract: In October 2012, over 30 eminent scientists with considerable knowledge of wildlife and disease [...]

ECOS 34 (2) Summer 2013. Learning from Max Nicholson. From managing population growth to tackling ecocide. Simon Leadbeater

Abstract: 10 years after the conservation visionary Max Nicholson died, this article discusses how we [...]

ECOS 34 (2) Summer 2013. Still a purpose for ECOS? Martin Spray

Abstract: At a time when BANC and ECOS are regrouping, and assessing how best to [...]

ECOS 34 (2) Summer 2013. We can still be heroes. Gavin Saunders

Abstract: Where is the critical independent debate taking place in the conservation sector these days? [...]

ECOS 34 (2) Summer 2013 Editorial: Nature’s fury or ours? Geoffrey Wain

Download article as PDF: ECOS 34-2-1 Editorial – Natures fury or ours

ECOS 34 (3/4) Winter 2013. Book reviews

– A Sting in the Tale. Dave Goulson, 2013 – Words of Re-Enchantment: Storytelling, Myth [...]

ECOS 34 (3/4) Winter 2013. Whither Natural England? Mark July

Abstract: With Natural England’s role endorsed by the Triennial Review, what can now be expected [...]

ECOS 34 (3/4) Winter 2013 Assessing the Cardigan Bay bottlenose dolphin SACs. Mark Peter Simmonds, Mick Green, Vicki James, Sonja Eisfeld, Rob Lott

Abstract: Cardigan Bay in Wales and adjacent waters are important for marine wildlife and have [...]