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 38 (3): Nature’s class warfare

The middle classes are now holding back conservation. Conservation bodies should appeal to new categories [...]

ECOS 38 (3): Nature’s Brexit

Is the speculation around Brexit a distraction from the underlying causes of the parlous state [...]

ECOS 38 (3): Brexit politics – what place wildlife and nature?

How can we move beyond a salvage operation for nature conservation as the Brexit arrangements [...]

ECOS 38 (2): The Nature question

The sample of meanings of Nature in this article shows something of the diversity of [...]

ECOS 38 (1): Planet Earth III? For nature’s sake, no thanks

With so much wildlife sliding into oblivion, we now need a rethink about BBC’s flagship [...]

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ECOS 37 (3/4) Family ties. Human views of Nature – time to see goodness before wildness? Gavin Saunders

Abstract: To be human is to be part of Nature. And yet to be human [...]

ECOS 37 (3/4) Technobiophilia – Coming to terms with cyber-nature. Sue Thomas

Abstract: Some features of the ‘natural world’ that we greatly value are also found online; [...]

ECOS 37 (3/4) The challenge of wild nature conserving itself. Mark Fisher and Alison Parfitt

Abstract: The last edition of ECOS had a lot to say about rewilding in its [...]

ECOS 37 (3/4) Stasis and the State of Nature in Wales. Mick Green

Abstract: The grim decline of nature in the UK continues. 56% of UK species studied [...]

ECOS 37 (3/4) At your service? The limits of enterprise with nature at stake. Chris Gibson

Abstract: This article discusses the pros and cons of Natural England’s cost recovery approach in [...]