Editorial
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Spring 2011 issue 32(1)
Partners in crime? Geoffrey Wain
Feature Articles 2. All you need is love? Gavin Saunders 9. Forest Sales - After the Storm. Ian Hodge & Bill Adams
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15. After the revolt - a sideways look at the Forest. Martin Spray 23. Public forests - the wildlife NGOs: broken-backed but dangerous. Dave Bangs 27. Big Society and the environment – empowerment or takeover? Diane Warburton 34. Funding trends – the implications for future nature conservation. Jonathan Somper 43. Educated and willing… but unemployed! The state of the conservation job market. Rachel Kempson 48. Biodiversity’s special year – a flagship or a flop? Andrew Harby 52. Food for thought: the real costs of intensive farming. Ruth Boogert 59. Deer management and biodiversity in England: the efficacy and ethics of culling. Simon Leadbeater 69. Wild rights – campaigning for the Tay beavers. Louise Ramsay 74. Big Birds in the UK: the reintroduction of iconic species. Peter Taylor 81. From understanding to action - the consequences of how we label nature. Clare O’Reilly 86. Book Reviews • Mangroves and Man-Eaters • The Species Seekers • Sacred Natural Sites • Weeds • Wildlife of a garden • Outside • The Dance of Air and Sea • The World of Wolves • Theatre review – ‘Greenland’
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The future of forests – why we all care How Big Society has gagged the green agenda No money, no jobs, any hope? The great conservation depression
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A REVIEW OF CONSERVATION ECOS is the journal of the British Association of Nature Conservationists
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Strategies for boar, big cats, dog owners, & wild goats
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