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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Change effluent treatments used in agriculture and forestry Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Change effluent treatments of domestic and urban waste water Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Certify mines and market their products as ‘primate friendly’ (e.g. ape-friendly cellular phones) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Certify forest concessions and market their products as ‘primate friendly’ Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Certify farms and market their products as ‘primate friendly’ Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Cease/reduce payments to cull mammals Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Cease or prohibit the harvesting of scallops Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 3 |
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Cease or prohibit the harvest of sea urchins Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Cease or prohibit the harvest of conch Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Cease or prohibit the disposal of mining waste (tailings) at sea or in rivers Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Cease or prohibit the disposal of drill cuttings at sea or in rivers Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Cease or prohibit the deposit of drill cuttings on the seabed Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Cease or prohibit static fishing gear Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Cease or prohibit spearfishing Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 5 |
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Cease or prohibit shipping Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 3 |
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Cease or prohibit shellfish dredging Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Cease or prohibit oil and gas drilling Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Cease or prohibit mobile midwater (pelagic) fishing gears Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Cease or prohibit mobile fishing gears that catch bottom (demersal) species and are dragged across the seafloor Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 10 |
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Cease or prohibit mining waste (tailings) disposal at sea Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Cease or prohibit midwater/semi-pelagic trawling Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Cease or prohibit marine mining Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Cease or prohibit line fishing Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Cease or prohibit dredging Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 4 |
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Cease or prohibit customary fishing (indigenous fishing for cultural and community needs) Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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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.