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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Tag Archives: conservation

ECOS 1980 1 (1) Landmarks in Conservation: Max Nicholson talked to Charlie Pye Smith and Philip Lowe

Abstract: Max Nicholson’s involvement in conservation spans a generation. His greatest achievement has been as [...]

ECOS 36 (1) Spring 2015. The expensive education of Britain’s nature conservation community. Alistair Crowle

Abstract: There seems little unified thinking amongst UK wildlife groups, resulting in a lack of [...]

ECOS 32 (1) Spring 2011. Biodiversity’s special year – a flagship or a flop? Andrew Harby

Abstract: Are UN labels worth the effort for conservation groups? Do they offer more bland [...]

ECOS 32 (1) Spring 2011. Funding trends – the implications for future nature conservation. Jonathan Somper

Abstract: This article looks at a number of significant strands of funding that have supported [...]

ECOS 33 (1) Spring 2012. Bee conservation: A call for coherence, cohesion and co-operation. Emily Adams, Philip Donkersley and Alistair Campbell

Abstract: Conservation actions for different groups of bees would be improved if a more coherent, [...]

ECOS 33 (1) Spring 2012. For Nature’s sake. Mark Avery

Abstract: British nature needs a strong campaigning voice. Public bodies charged with defending wildlife are [...]

ECOS 33 (1) Spring 2012. Cometh the hour? Peter Shirley

Abstract: This article discusses the current forces affecting the role and the influence of wildlife [...]

ECOS 33 (2) Summer 2012. Lapwing futures – a plea for evidence-based policy. Philip Merricks

Abstract: Farmers and conservationists have a common cause in doing their utmost to halt and [...]

ECOS 33 (2) Summer 2012. Rat Island – lessons from ancient Aotearoa for middle England today. Simon Leadbeater

Abstract: This article began as a book review of William Stolzenburg’s Rat Island (Bloomsbury 2011). [...]

ECOS 33 (2) Summer 2012. Paying our way: affording nature in hard times. Tony Whitbread

Abstract: Is looking after the environment an act of charity, to be funded by those [...]