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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Action | Effectiveness | Studies | Category | |
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Cease or prohibit all towed (mobile) fishing gear Action Link |
Beneficial | 8 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit all types of fishing Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit all types of fishing Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 5 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit all types of fishing in a marine protected area Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 79 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit aquaculture activity Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit bottom trawling Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 4 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit commercial fishing Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit commercial fishing Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 3 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit customary fishing (indigenous fishing for cultural and community needs) Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit discharge of waste effluents overboard from vessels Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit dredging Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 4 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit line fishing Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit marine mining Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit midwater/semi-pelagic trawling Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit mining waste (tailings) disposal at sea Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit mobile fishing gears that catch bottom (demersal) species and are dragged across the seafloor Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 10 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit mobile midwater (pelagic) fishing gears Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit oil and gas drilling Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit shellfish dredging Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit shipping Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 3 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit spearfishing Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 5 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit static fishing gear Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit the deposit of drill cuttings on the seabed Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit the disposal of drill cuttings at sea or in rivers Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit the disposal of drill cuttings at sea or in rivers Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit the disposal of mining waste (tailings) at sea or in rivers Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit the disposal of mining waste (tailings) at sea or in rivers Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit the harvest of conch Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit the harvest of sea urchins Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease or prohibit the harvesting of scallops Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 3 | Synopsis Link | |
Cease/reduce payments to cull mammals Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Certify farms and market their products as ‘primate friendly’ Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Certify forest concessions and market their products as ‘primate friendly’ Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Certify mines and market their products as ‘primate friendly’ (e.g. ape-friendly cellular phones) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change effluent treatments of domestic and urban waste water Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Change effluent treatments used in agriculture and forestry Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change hook baiting technique Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Change mowing regime Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Change mowing regime (e.g. timing, frequency, height) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change mowing regime on grassland Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 3 | Synopsis Link | |
Change of crop (i.e. to a crop less palatable to primates) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of cutting/mowing Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of cutting/mowing: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of cutting/mowing: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 4 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of livestock grazing Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of livestock grazing: brackish/saline swamps Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of livestock grazing: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 2 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of livestock grazing: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 3 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of livestock grazing: freshwater swamps Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of prescribed burning Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 2 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of prescribed burning: brackish/saline swamps Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of prescribed burning: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of prescribed burning: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of prescribed burning: freshwater swamps Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of vegetation harvest: brackish/saline swamps Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of vegetation harvest: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of vegetation harvest: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 3 | Synopsis Link | |
Change season/timing of vegetation harvest: freshwater swamps Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change the colour (spectral composition) of lighting Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 3 | Synopsis Link | |
Change the size of the main body of a trawl net Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Change the timing of manure application Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Change the timing of ploughing Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 | Synopsis Link | |
Change the towing speed of a trawl net Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Change tillage practices Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 56 | Synopsis Link | |
Change timing of building work Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Change timing of forestry operations Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change timing of maintenance work at road/railway bridges and culverts Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change turbine colour to reduce insect attraction Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change type of livestock Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change type of livestock Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 3 | Synopsis Link | |
Change type of livestock Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 2 | Synopsis Link | |
Change type of livestock grazing Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 4 | Synopsis Link | |
Change type of livestock grazing: brackish/saline swamps Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change type of livestock grazing: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 3 | Synopsis Link | |
Change type of livestock grazing: freshwater marshes Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Change type of livestock grazing: freshwater swamps Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Chase crop raiding primates using dogs Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Chill seeds of non-woody plants before sowing: brackish/saline wetlands Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Chill seeds of non-woody plants before sowing: freshwater wetlands Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 6 | Synopsis Link | |
Chill tree/shrub seeds before sowing: brackish/saline wetlands Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Chill tree/shrub seeds before sowing: freshwater wetlands Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Classify conservation status of individual sites Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Clean anthropogenic platforms, structures or equipment Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Clean birds following oil spills Action Link |
Unlikely to be beneficial | 8 | Synopsis Link | |
Clean nest boxes to increase occupancy or reproductive success Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 10 | Synopsis Link | |
Clean the hull, anchor and chain of commercial and recreational vessels Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Clean waste water before it enters the environment Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Clean waste water before it enters the environment Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Clear open patches in the forest Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Clear or open patches in forests Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 9 | Synopsis Link | |
Clear or open patches in forests Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 6 | Synopsis Link | |
Clear or open patches in forests Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 4 | Synopsis Link | |
Clear or open patches in forests Action Link |
Evidence not assessed | 14 | Synopsis Link | |
Clear vegetation Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 9 | Synopsis Link | |
Clearcut and re-seed forests Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 | Synopsis Link | |
Clip birds’ wings on release Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 4 | Synopsis Link | |
Clone rare species Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Close non-essential roads as soon as logging operations are complete Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Close off potential access points on turbines to prevent roosting bats Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Close roads during seasonal amphibian migration Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 2 | 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.