ECOS Interviews: MICK GREEN
Thoughts from influential nature conservationists… Mick Green Who are you and what have you done in nature conservation? I am based in mid Wales and am an Ecologist and Environmental Scientist by training. I’ve been in conservation all my life and have managed to undertake a wide variety of jobs [...]
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ECOS 46 (1) – Illegal lynx releases signal discontent — a wake-up call for rewilding advocates
HANNAH L. TIMMINS · In early January 2025, four lynx, extinct in the UK, were found loose in the Scottish highlands. Was this an act of guerrilla rewilding – the illegal release of wild animals to reintroduce a lost species? · Police are also considering the prospect of the animals [...]
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ECOS Interviews: SALLY HAWKINS
Thoughts from influential nature conservationists… Sally Hawkins Career Highlights I am a researcher and educator and have built a career at the intersection of research, practice, and policy, driven by a passion for finding interdisciplinary solutions to complex environmental problems. My PhD and postdoctoral research at the University of Cumbria [...]
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COHABITING EARTH
Seeking a bright future for all life Edited by Joe Gray and Eileen Crist SUNY Press, 2024, 318 pages Hardback £71 | ISBN 9781438499970 Review by Janet Mackinnon As a fairly traditional environmentalist primarily motivated by nature conservation and ecosystem restoration, I’d been seeking a book which considered these subjects [...]
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OF THE TREES AND THE BIRDS
Ian Parsons Whittles Publishing, 2024, 160 pages Papaerback £18.99 | ISBN 978-1-84995-574-4 Review by Barry Larking What came first, the chicken or the egg? That hoary old paradox does make a sort of point. An apparently trivial puzzle sets us a profound problem. Despite a long quest that edges slowly [...]
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ECOS Interviews: ALAN WATSON FEATHERSTONE
Thoughts from influential nature conservationists… Alan Watson Featherstone Career Highlights My career highlight was founding Trees for Life in 1986. I have worked on that for the bulk of my productive adult life. In that time, TfL has worked to restore areas of the Caledonian Forest in the Highlands of [...]
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THE VOLUNTEERS
A memoir of conservation, companionship & community Carol Donaldson Summerdale Publishers, 2024, 297 pages Paper back £10.99 ISBN 978-1-83799-327-7 Review by Peter Shirley Never, it is said, judge a book by its cover, and this could not be more true than in relation to this one. It purports to be [...]
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ECOS Interviews: SAM ROSE
Thoughts from influential nature conservationists… Sam Rose Career Highlights I played a pivotal role in helping The Flow County in Scotland become a World Heritage Site – the UK’s only mainland WHS inscribed for its ecosystem values. This will give continued restoration and protection to the 180,000 ha of blanket [...]
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HUNT FOR THE SHADOW WOLF
The lost history of wolves in Britain, and the myths and stories that surround them Derek Gow Chelsea Green, 2024, 245 pages Hardback £20| ISBN 978-1-645020-42-4 Review by Peter Taylor I like this book. It is different. Querky. The author pens his own illustrations. He invents some novel grammatical constructions. [...]
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COUNTRYSIDE HISTORY
The Life and Legacy of Oliver Rackham Editors Ian D Rotherham and Jennifer A Moody Pelagic Publishing, 2024, 438 pages Hardback £50 | ISBN: 9781784273163 Review by Janet Mackinnon I regard Countryside History as a pinnacle in my ECOS reviewing experience, but it is also a challenging book to review. [...]
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REWILDING THE SEA and BLUE MACHINE
REWILDING THE SEA: How to Save Our Oceans Charles Clover Witness Books/Penguin, 2023, 288 pages Paperback £12.99 | ISBN: 9781529144055 BLUE MACHINE – How the Ocean Shapes Our World Helen Czerski Penguin, 2023, 464 pages, Paperback £10.99 | ISBN: 9781804991961 Review by Janet Mackinnon I’ll begin this 2-book [...]
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WILD SERVICE
Why Nature Needs You Nick Hayes and Jon Moses Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024, 286 Pages Hardback: £20.00 | ISBN: 978-1-5266-7331-2 Review by Simon Leadbeater First page Compare and contrast. Wild Service: An open church freely available to everyone contrasted with a private country estate excluding all; In actuality: Public access to 1,700 acres; [...]
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