ECOS Feature Articles

Welcome to the ECOS Archive - a compendium of 40 years of commentary and challenging writing on nature conservation in Britain.

You can search the Archive by subject, author or edition.

 

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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): Nature conservation’s future – back to basics?

Protecting priority sites and species should remain our key concern. In the digital age we [...]

ECOS 40(2): Prudential value and the meaning of nature conservation

Land managers’ motives for caring for nature may be more deeply personal than we realise… [...]

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 [...]

ECOS 40(2): Book Review: The Red Kite’s Year

Ian Carter and Dan Powell Pelagic Publishing, 2019, 158 Pages£25 Paperback, ISBN 9781784272005 Review by [...]

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ECOS 40(1): Third Division

Plants, in nature conservation and beyond, are commonly treated as third-division players. They are “not [...]

ECOS 40(1): Wisdom or dogma? Reflections on the People’s Manifesto for Wildlife

Wisdom or dogma? Reflections on the People’s Manifesto for Wildlife We need a Species’ Manifesto [...]

ECOS 40(1): ECOS revisited – the shape of things to come?

Editions Reviewed: ECOS 8(1), 8(2), 8(4), 10(3), 25(1), 28(1) How to make people love; how [...]

ECOS 39(6): The root of optimism

‘Buenas noticias para el planeta’ display in Valencia, Spain. Photo: Hello Valencia We can be [...]