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 (2) Book Review: 22 IDEAS THAT SAVED THE COUNTRYSIDE

22 IDEAS THAT SAVED THE COUNTRYSIDE Peter Waine and Oliver Hilliam Campaign to Protect Rural [...]

ECOS 38 (2): Bats and wind turbines – what do we really know?

Large wind turbines are often blamed for mortality and declines in bats, whilst developers claim [...]

ECOS 38 (2): Book Review: THE FIGHT FOR BEAUTY

THE FIGHT FOR BEAUTY Our path to a better future Fiona Reynolds Oneworld 2016 ISBN: [...]

ECOS 38 (2): Not only but also

Environment and wildlife groups are busy trying to influence policies before and after the election [...]

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ECOS 38 (2): Pevensey Levels – a booming future?

New agri-environment payments and policies will hopefully deliver a vision of restored habitats and iconic [...]

ECOS 38 (1): Champions of grassroots conservation: A future for local authority countryside services?

This article discusses key messages in the author’s 2015 book, The Rise and Fall of [...]

ECOS 38 (1): Rewilding – A Process or a Paradigm?

Teasing out the definitions and meanings of rewilding may reveal the variety of ways the [...]

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ECOS 38 (1): Planet Earth III? For nature’s sake, no thanks

With so much wildlife sliding into oblivion, we now need a rethink about BBC’s flagship [...]

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ECOS 38 (1): Hard Brexit – Soft Rewilding?

Ideological challenges to nature conservation are nothing new, but now they can take different guises [...]

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ECOS 38 (1): Wild boar in the Dean – welcome back?

Unofficially released wild boar have been changing the physical and political landscape of the Forest [...]

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