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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Pest regulation: Use no tillage instead of reduced tillage Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 8 |
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Pest regulation: Plant flowers Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 8 |
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Release birds as adults or sub-adults, not juveniles Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 8 |
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Pollination: Plant flowers Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 8 |
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Pollination: Plant hedgerows Action Link |
Beneficial | 8 |
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Control predators not on islands for wildfowl Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 8 |
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Other biodiversity: Use seasonal grazing Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 8 |
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Exclude livestock from semi-natural habitat (including woodland) Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 8 |
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Provide or retain un-harvested buffer strips Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 8 |
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Fit large, supported escape openings (such as Fisheyes, Bigeyes and radial escape sections) to trawl nets Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 8 |
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Maintain traditional water meadows (includes management for breeding and/or wintering waders/waterfowl) Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 8 |
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Employ areas of semi-natural habitat for rough grazing (includes salt marsh, lowland heath, bog, fen) Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 8 |
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Use mowing techniques to reduce mortality Action Link |
Beneficial | 8 |
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Create uncultivated margins around intensive arable or pasture fields for birds Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 8 |
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Clean birds following oil spills Action Link |
Unlikely to be beneficial | 8 |
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Retain or plant native trees and shrubs amongst crops (agroforestry) Action Link |
Evidence not assessed | 8 |
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Use shelterwood harvesting Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 8 |
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Use alley cropping Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 8 |
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Install underpasses or culverts as road/railway crossing structures for bats Action Link |
Evidence not assessed | 8 |
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Create artificial reefs of different 3-D structure and material used Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 8 |
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Leave part of the crop or pasture unharvested or uncut Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 8 |
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Use fertilizer Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 8 |
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Run tourist projects and ensure permanent human presence at site Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 8 |
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Implement quarantine for primates before reintroduction/translocation Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 9 |
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Use legislative regulation to protect wild populations Action Link |
Beneficial | 9 |
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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.