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: SECRETS OF THE SEA

SECRETS OF THE SEA A journey into the heart of the oceans Alex Mustard and [...]

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): 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): 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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ECOS 37 (1) Spring 2016. Ecodemocracy: helping wildlife’s right to survive. Joe Gray and Patrick Curry

Abstract: Concepts such as ecosystem services and natural capital illustrate the benefits that people gain [...]

ECOS 1980 1 (1) The Countryside and Wildlife Bill – Pete Rayne

Abstract: Existing legislation for wildlife protection in the UK is comlex, dispersed and inadequate. Recognising [...]

ECOS 36 (1) Spring 2015. Wildlife and conservation in community woods: Business as usual? Alexander van der Jagt, Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Anna Lawrence

Abstract: Social and community enterprise projects in woodland management are on the rise in Britain. [...]