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. 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 [...]

ECOS 34 (3/4) Winter 2013. Integrating nature and agriculture – towards a new vision. Gavin Saunders and Simon Brenman

Abstract: The conservation sector in the UK needs to engage more fully with the debate [...]

ECOS 34 (3/4) Winter 2013 Rationale debate: Climate change. Views from: Clive Hambler and Jenny Hawley

Abstract: Two view points: 1) British conservation and climate change: the habitats matter (Clive Hambler) [...]