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 38 (5): Book Reviews: The Red Squirrel

THE RED SQUIRREL A Future in the Forest Neil McIntyre and Polly Pullar SCOTLAND: The [...]

ECOS 38 (5): Book Review: Woodland Development

WOODLAND DEVELOPMENT A Long Term Study of Lady Park Wood George Peterken and Edward Mountford [...]

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ECOS 38 (5): Book Review: ReWild

REWILD The Art Of Returning To Nature NICK BAKER Aurum Press 2017 271 pages ISBN: [...]

ECOS 38 (4): The Student Takeover

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind there are few”.1 [...]

Novel ecosystems: adapting to rapid change

Conservation science is being forced to adapt in the face of increasingly rapid anthropogenic change. [...]

Ex-situ conservation of amphibians

Amphibians are the most threatened species of vertebrates but are we doing enough to conserve [...]

The selfish philosophy of nature conservation

This article argues that the magnanimity that is associated with conservation is a misrepresentation of [...]

The elephant in the uplands and a tale of two narratives

Winner – ECOS Student Article 2017 Competition, supported by Conservation Careers and Green&Blue Why in [...]

ECOS 38 (3): Brexit realpolitik

A broad case for conservation should underpin post-Brexit nature policy if it is to match [...]

ECOS 38 (3): North East Nature

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