ECOS Feature Articles

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ECOS Archive
ECOS Edition: 2012

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 [...]

ECOS 33 (2) Summer 2012. Unplanning the Countryside. Richard Bate

Abstract: Governments often consider softening up the planning system at times of economic strain, and [...]