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

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Wildlife Charities: Political Meddling or Acting For Nature?

There was a great furore recently when the RSPB called the Prime Minister and other [...]

ECOS 44 (1.2): Undergraduate Award 2022

Where the spirit meets the bones: Museum collections as a resource in ecology and conservation [...]

Leaving Space for Nature

Leaving Space for Nature: The critical role of area-based conservation Nigel Dudley and Sue Stolton [...]

Admitting defeat: why I am quitting nature conservation

Disclaimer: while this piece refers to various conservation organisations and structures, I apologise in advance [...]

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ECOS 40(1): Editorial: A future vintage?

Editorial by Geoffrey Wain A future vintage? So here we are. ECOS at 40. On [...]

ECOS 40(1): Third Division

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

ECOS 37 (1) Spring 2016. Nature conservation – a nudge towards rewilding. Harry Barton

Abstract: As nature conservation looks for renewed purpose it may be time to consider rewilding [...]

ECOS 36 (1) Spring 2015. Re-freshing conservation: Cries from the heart

Abstract: Is conservation in a new crisis? Is the influence of the wildlife sector on [...]