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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Delay haying/mowing Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 5 |
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Provide artificial nesting sites for grebes Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Breed for resistance traits Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Thin trees within forest and woodland Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 11 |
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Build fences to keep humans out Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Cut/mow herbaceous plants to maintain or restore disturbance Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 14 |
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Prevent pollution from agricultural land or forestry from entering watercourses Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Translocate species - Translocate worms Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Provide supplementary food during/after release of captive-bred mammals Action Link |
Beneficial | 15 |
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Introduce alternative treatments to reduce the use of marine and freshwater mammals in traditional medicine Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Leave uncut rye grass in silage fields for birds Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 4 |
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Provide artificial nesting sites for ground and tree-nesting seabirds Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 11 |
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Maintain forest and woodland edges for foraging bats Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Use fertilizer Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 8 |
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Restrict the number of people that are allowed access to site Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Remove plant litter to maintain or restore disturbance Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Plant riparian buffer strips Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Provide artificial shelters following release Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Remove/control non-native mammals within a fenced area Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 1 |
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Introduce alternative food sources to replace marine and freshwater mammal meat Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Plant cereals for whole crop silage Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 3 |
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Provide artificial nesting sites for burrow-nesting seabirds Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 14 |
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Retain veteran and standing dead trees as roosting sites for bats Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Add lime to the soil to increase fertility Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Install ‘primate-proof’ garbage bins Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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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.