ECOS Feature Articles

Welcome to the ECOS Archive - a compendium of 40 years of commentary and challenging writing on nature conservation in Britain.

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ECOS 34 (1) Spring 2013. Heathland futures – a role for wood-fuel lots? Ian Rotherham and Paul Titterton

Abstract: Management of heathlands has been problematic for some decades and the situation is now [...]

ECOS 34 (1) Spring 2013. New entrepreneurs in conservation – lessons from South Yorkshire’s Dearne Valley. Ian Rotherham

Abstract: The separation of nature from economy leads to ‘cultural severance’ and loss of species. [...]

ECOS 34 (1) Spring 2013. Ecosystem Services – are we flogging a dead horse? David West

Abstract: Different parts of the natural world may well have inherent value to society but [...]

ECOS 34 (1) Spring 2013 Editorial: Crisis or opportunity? Geoffrey Wain

Download Editorial as PDF: ECOS 34-1-1 Editorial

ECOS 34 (2) Book reviews

Book reviews: – The Ancient Pinewoods of Scotland: A Traveller’s Guide. Clifton Bain, 2013 – [...]

ECOS 34 (2) Summer 2013. Helping the State of Nature – public duty and political evasion. Writing from: Adrian Phillips, Michael Jeeves, Ian Bond, Peter Shirley

Abstract: Following the May 2013 launch of the State of Nature report, ECOS asked around [...]

ECOS 34 (2) Summer 2013. Wild nature reclaiming man-made landscapes. Mark Fisher

Abstract: This article critiques the recent publication, Trees, Forested Landscapes and Grazing Animals: A European [...]

ECOS 34 (2) Summer 2013. The feral book – reintroducing rewilding. Simon Ayres

Abstract: George Monbiot’s new book Feral is akin to an unofficial release into the rewilding [...]

ECOS 34 (2) Summer 2013. Ennerdale – celebrating the wild and the exceptional. Alison Parfitt

Abstract: In June 2013, 70 people gathered in Ennerdale. We walked in this Lake District [...]

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 [...]