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(6): Return of the wolf in Northwestern Europe – A case of spontaneous rewilding

There are few cases of the striking return of a species once eradicated, particularly a [...]

ECOS 40(6): Book Review: Rewilding

REWILDING Nathalie Pettorelli, Sarah M. Durant & Johan T. du Toit (Eds.) Cambridge University Press, [...]

ECOS 40(5): Book Review: The Secret Network of Nature

THE SECRET NETWORK OF NATURE Peter Wohlleben Bodley Head, 2018, 264 pages Hardback, £14.99 ISBN [...]

ECOS 40(3): ECOS Revisited – Nature with benefits: well-being and conservation

Editions reviewed:ECOS 24(1), 24(3/4), 26(1), 29(2) Imagine you had the evidence to present to the [...]

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: Working With Nature

Jeremy Purseglove Profile Books, 2019, 271 pages £14.99 Hardback, ISBN 9781788161596 Review by James Robertson [...]

ECOS 40(2): Editorial: Nature conservation – the questions of meaning

Editorial by Geoffrey Wain As several authors note in this issue, we’re a broad community [...]

ECOS 40(2): The meanings of nature conservation: eco-engineering or letting go?

Giving meaning to nature conservation means pursuing a diversity of practical ways to conserve wildlife. [...]