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.

 

STRATEGIC CHOICES, ETHICAL DILEMMAS

Stories from the Mahabharat. Aruna Narlikar, Amitabh Mattoo and Amrita Narlikar Penguin Random House, India, [...]

ECOS Interviews: HOWARD DAVIES

Thoughts from influential nature conservationists… Howard Davies Career Highlights I would consider myself extremely lucky.  [...]

ECOS 45 (2.2): Undergraduate Award 2023

The Decline of Swifts in the UK: Causes and solutions BETH CRITCHLEY This article considers [...]

ECOS 45 (2.1): Postgraduate Award 2023

A Clash of Values: Why should we believe in the inherent value of nature? JACK [...]

ECOS 45 (1) – Protected Area Downgrading, Downsizing and Degazettement (PADDD) in the UK

NIGEL DUDLEY We know that British protected areas are legally being downgraded, downsized and sometimes [...]

ECOS Interviews: MATHEW FRITH

Thoughts from influential nature conservationists… Mathew Frith Career Highlights They have been numerous, but include [...]

ART & NATURE IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES

ART & NATURE IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES Bruce Kendrick Whittles Publishing, 2023, 224 pages Paperback: [...]

THE ANCIENT WOODS OF SOUTH-EAST WALES

THE ANCIENT WOODS OF SOUTH-EAST WALES Oliver Rackham Little Toller, 2022, 336 Pages Paperback: £20 [...]

ECOS 44 (5.1)- Selling England by the pound

IAN D. ROTHERHAM Biodiversity offset as conservation opportunity or clever scam? This is an opinion [...]

ECOS 44 (5)- Biodiversity offset and planning gain in relation to habitat creation and translocation – the wise choices for wildlife

IAN D. ROTHERHAM Emerging in the 1980s and 1990s, ideas of habitat rescue and transplantation, [...]