Actions to conserve biodiversity
We have summarised evidence from the scientific literature about the effects of actions to conserve wildlife and ecosystems.
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Protect brownfield sites Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Conserve old buildings or structures as nesting sites for bees Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Protect existing natural or semi-natural habitat to prevent conversion to agriculture Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Increase the proportion of natural or semi-natural habitat in the farmed landscape Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Connect areas of natural or semi-natural habitat for bees Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Reduce fertilizer run-off into margins Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Re-plant native forest Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Control deployment of hives/ nests Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Exclude bumblebee nest predators such as badgers and mink Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Reintroduce laboratory-reared bumblebee queens to the wild Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Enhance bee taxonomy skills through higher education and training Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide training to conservationists and land managers on bee ecology and conservation Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Raise awareness amongst the general public through campaigns and public information Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Enhance bird taxonomy skills through higher education and training Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide training to conservationists and land managers on bird ecology and conservation Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Support or maintain low-intensity agricultural systems Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Practice integrated farm management Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Food labelling schemes relating to biodiversity-friendly farming Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Cross compliance standards for all subsidy payments Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Reduce field size (or maintain small fields) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Manage stone-faced hedge banks to benefit birds Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Protect in-field trees Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant in-field trees Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Tree pollarding and tree surgery Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant nettle strips Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Leave unharvested cereal headlands within arable fields Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Use 1% barley in wheat crops for corn buntings Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Create corn bunting plots Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Maintain lowland heathland Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Maintain rush pastures Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant Brassica fodder crops Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Use mixed stocking Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Employ areas of semi-natural habitat for rough grazing Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Maintain wood pasture and parkland Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Manage perennial bioenergy crops to benefit wildlife Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Sowing roadside verges Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Scare fish-eating birds from areas to reduce conflict Action Link |
Evidence not assessed | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Use larger hooks to reduce seabird bycatch Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Use a water cannon when setting longlines to reduce seabird bycatch Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Set longlines at the side of the boat to reduce seabird bycatch Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Tow buoys behind longlining boats to reduce seabird bycatch Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Use high-visibility longlines to reduce seabird bycatch Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Reduce gillnet deployment time to reduce seabird bycatch Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Reduce ‘ghost fishing’ by lost/discarded gear Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Reduce bycatch by employing seasonal or area closures Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Set minimum distances for approaching birds (buffer zones) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Reduce visitor group size Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Protect nest trees before burning Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Restore or create savannas Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Revegetate gravel pits Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant nesting cover to reduce nest predation Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Use mirrors to deter nest predators Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Use ultrasonic devices to deter cats Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Guard nests to prevent predation Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Use ‘cat curfews’ to reduce predation Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Use lion dung to deter domestic cats Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Play spoken-word radio programmes to deter predators Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Remove/treat ectoparasites to increase survival or reproductive success Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Guard nests to reduce risk of ectoparasites Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide supplementary food to increase parental presence and so reduce brood parasitism Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Deter or prevent birds from landing on toxic pools Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Make selective use of spring herbicides Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Use organic rather than mineral fertilisers Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide unfertilised cereal headlands in arable fields Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide buffer strips along rivers and streams Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide buffer strips around in-field ponds Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Reduce incidental mortality from birds being attracted to artificial lights Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Reduce the intensity of lighthouse beams Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Use volunteers to collect downed birds and rehabilitate them Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Ensure genetic variation to increase translocation success Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Apply 'cross compliance' environmental standards linked to all subsidy payments Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Implement food labelling schemes relating to biodiversity-friendly farming (organic, LEAF marque) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Reduce field size (or maintain small fields) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Manage stone-faced hedge banks to benefit wildlife Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Restore or maintain dry stone walls Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Protect in-field trees (includes management such as pollarding and surgery) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant in-field trees (not farm woodland) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Maintain in-field elements such as field islands and rockpiles Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide foraging perches (eg. for shrikes) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Introduce nest boxes stocked with solitary bees Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide red squirrel feeders Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide otter holts Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide badger gates Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Use 1% barley in wheat crops for corn buntings Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Create corn bunting plots Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Use new crop types to benefit wildlife (such as perennial cereal crops) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Manage short-rotation coppice to benefit wildlife (includes 8 m rides) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Maintain rush pastures Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant brassica fodder crops (grazed in situ) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Maintain traditional farm buildings Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide bat boxes, bat grilles, improvements to roosts Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Buffer in-field ponds Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Manage land under power lines to benefit wildlife Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Avoid use of lead shot Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Use alerts to reduce grey partridge by-catch during shoots Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Re-wet moorland Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Control grey squirrels Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Erect predator-proof fencing around important breeding sites for waders Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Remove coarse fish Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Manage wild deer numbers Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link |
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What are 'Individual studies' and 'Actions'?
Individual studies
An individual study is a summary of a specific scientific study, usually taken from a scientific journal, but also from other resources such as reports. It tells you the background context, the action(s) taken and their consequences.
If you want more detail please look at the original reference.
Actions
Each action page focuses on a particular action you could take to benefit wildlife or ecosystems.
It contains brief (150-200 word) descriptions of relevant studies (context, action(s) taken and their consequences) and one or more key messages.
Key messages show the extent and main conclusions of the available evidence. Using links within key messages, you can look at the paragraphs describing each study to get more detail. Each paragraph allows you to assess the quality of the evidence and how relevant it is to your situation.
Where we found no evidence, we have been unable to assess whether or not an intervention is effective or has any harmful impacts.