Conservation Evidence: Evidence Data

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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
Cease or prohibit aggregate extraction Action Link	Beneficial	7	Synopsis Link
Use vaccination programme Action Link	Beneficial	7	Synopsis Link
Directly plant peatland mosses Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	7	Synopsis Link
Use drugs to treat parasites Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	7	Synopsis Link
Provide supplementary food for hummingbirds to increase adult survival Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	7	Synopsis Link
Provide/increase anti-poaching patrols Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	7	Synopsis Link
Translocate gamebirds Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	7	Synopsis Link
Translocate raptors Action Link	Beneficial	7	Synopsis Link
Translocate woodpeckers Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	7	Synopsis Link
Translocate parrots Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	7	Synopsis Link
Parrot’s feather: Use of herbicides - 2,4-D Action Link	Beneficial	7	Synopsis Link
Use selective harvesting/logging instead of clearcutting Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	7	Synopsis Link
Leave coarse woody debris in forests Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	7	Synopsis Link
Manually control or remove midstorey and ground-level vegetation (including mowing, chaining, cutting etc) in shrubland Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	7	Synopsis Link
Replant vegetation Action Link	Beneficial	7	Synopsis Link
Apply herbicide to mid- and understorey vegetation Action Link	Likely to be ineffective or harmful	7	Synopsis Link
Create ponds for great crested newts Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	7	Synopsis Link
Raise water levels in ditches or grassland Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	7	Synopsis Link
Create ponds for toads Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	7	Synopsis Link
Water: Add slurry to the soil Action Link	Likely to be ineffective or harmful	7	Synopsis Link
Carnivores: Provide food on a random temporal schedule Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	7	Synopsis Link
Exclude ants that protect pests Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	7	Synopsis Link
Provide buffer strips alongside water courses (rivers and streams) Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	7	Synopsis Link
Convert to organic farming Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	7	Synopsis Link
Raise mowing height on grasslands to benefit farmland wildlife Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	7	Synopsis Link

What Works in Conservation

What Works in Conservation provides expert assessments of the effectiveness of actions, based on summarised evidence, in synopses. Subjects covered so far include amphibians, birds, terrestrial mammals, forests, peatland and control of freshwater invasive species. More are in progress.

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