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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Novel ecosystems: adapting to rapid change

Conservation science is being forced to adapt in the face of increasingly rapid anthropogenic change. [...]

The selfish philosophy of nature conservation

This article argues that the magnanimity that is associated with conservation is a misrepresentation of [...]

The elephant in the uplands and a tale of two narratives

Winner – ECOS Student Article 2017 Competition, supported by Conservation Careers and Green&Blue Why in [...]

Behaviour change measures in conservation

Behaviour change measures are used in fields such as public health, but have only recently [...]

ECOS 38 (3): Green Blob Politics

How will environmental politics be framed in the post-election muddle, and will the daunting figure [...]

ECOS 38 (3): Missing links of Natura 2000

Lessons from Romania suggest Brexit may result in a damaged network of wildlife sites in [...]

ECOS 38 (3): Brexit and the Scottish Environment

Brexit brings uncertain challenges and unintended consequences for  Scotland’s environment. Keeping wildlife concerns integrated with [...]

ECOS 38 (2): The Nature question

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

ECOS 38 (2): The nitrogen narrative

Excessive nitrogen in air pollution is having a devastating on fungi and plants, soils and [...]

ECOS 38 (2): A dog’s life

Monitoring populations of endangered species has been revolutionised by the availability of conservation technology but [...]