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 40 (4) 2019: Undergraduate runner up: The crash of ash

Ash trees across the UK are dying following the relentless spread of the ‘ash dieback’ [...]

ECOS 40 (4): Postgraduate winner 2019: Great crested newts: the modern canary in the coal mine

In recent years great crested newts have declined rapidly across the UK despite measures in [...]

ECOS 40 (4): Postgraduate runner up 2019: Wild animals fertilise wild ecosystems: but will we let them?

The collective impact of animals in fertilising ecosystems across the world can offer much to [...]

ECOS 40(3): ECOS Revisited: 1991-2010 sustainability slowly emerges

Editions reviewed:ECOS 24(1), 24(3/4), 26(1), 29(2) In 2001, and mid-point of this ECOS review period, [...]

ECOS 40(3): Nature’s place – what should live where?

What are our reference points for taking a stance on whether something belongs in the [...]

ECOS 40(3): Post-Nature writing?

A personal view of what nature writing might break in case of an emergency. Gritty [...]

ECOS 40(3): Book Review: The Wild Remedy

Emma Mitchell Michael O’Mara Books, 2019, 192 pages Hbk £14.99  ISBN: 9781789290424  Review by Janet Mackinnon “I [...]

ECOS 40(3): Book Review: The Land of the Brighton Line

David Bangs Published by David Bangs, 2018, 396 pages Pbk  £30  ISBN: 9780954863821 Review by Marion [...]

ECOS 40(2): Nature custodians – facing our great paradox

The nature conservation sector has gained resources and influence, yet wildlife continues to decline. Where [...]

ECOS 40(2): The meaning of nature conservation – a personal journey

Reawakening nature on your home ground – lessons from a collective effort in Dumfriesshire. Looking [...]

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