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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Treat disease in wild mammals Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 3 |
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Educate the public to reduce consumer demand for fisheries that threaten mammals Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Reduce the intensity of farmland meadow management Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 4 |
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Use wildlife refuges to reduce hunting disturbance Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 3 |
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Provide supplementary food for kingfishers to increase reproductive success Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Maintain or restore hedges Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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American bullfrog control: Direct removal of juveniles Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 2 |
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Translocate (capture & release) wild primates from development sites to natural habitat elsewhere Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 6 |
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Cover peatland with something other than mulch (without planting) Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Cease or prohibit aggregate extraction Action Link |
Beneficial | 7 |
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Keep cats indoors or in outside runs to reduce predation of wild mammals Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 1 |
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Use vaccination programme Action Link |
Beneficial | 7 |
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Introduce and enforce regulations for marine and freshwater mammal watching tours Action Link |
Evidence not assessed | 4 |
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Reduce grazing intensity on pastures Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Introduce voluntary ‘maximum shoot distances’ Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Provide supplementary food for pigeons to increase reproductive success Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Plant new hedges Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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American bullfrog control: Collection of egg clutches Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Crassula helmsii: Dry out waterbodies to control plants Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 |
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Translocate (capture & release) wild primates from abundant population areas to non-inhabited environments Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Stabilize peatland surface to help plants colonize Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Extract aggregates from a vessel that is moving rather than static Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Set minimum distances for approaching mammals Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Provide artificial refuges/breeding sites Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 8 |
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Introduce permits or licences for marine and freshwater mammal watching tours 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.