ECOS Feature Articles

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ECOS 38 (3): North East Nature

The Tyne and Wear Green Belt and the area’s green spaces continue to be threatened [...]

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): Nature’s Brexit

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

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): All At Sea?

Marine nature conservation is not going well in Wales where designated marine protected areas have [...]

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 [...]

ECOS 38 (2): Editorial – Elections, Brexit? Relax…

Editorial by Geoffrey Wain “We could of course be existentialist about all this [celebrating wildlife], [...]