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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Create refuges Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 7 |
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Install exclusion and/or escape devices for mammals on fishing nets Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 7 |
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Manage grazing regime Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 7 |
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Sow uncropped arable field margins with a native wild flower seed mix Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 7 |
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Cease or prohibit aggregate extraction Action Link |
Beneficial | 7 |
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Use vaccination programme Action Link |
Beneficial | 7 |
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Directly plant peatland mosses Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 7 |
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Use drugs to treat parasites Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 7 |
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Provide supplementary food for hummingbirds to increase adult survival Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 7 |
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Use herbicide to control problematic plants: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 7 |
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Provide/increase anti-poaching patrols Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 7 |
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Translocate gamebirds Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 7 |
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Exclude wild vertebrates: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 7 |
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Translocate raptors Action Link |
Beneficial | 7 |
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Translocate woodpeckers Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 7 |
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Translocate parrots Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 7 |
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Parrot’s feather: Use of herbicides - 2,4-D Action Link |
Beneficial | 7 |
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Use selective harvesting/logging instead of clearcutting Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 7 |
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Leave coarse woody debris in forests Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 7 |
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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 |
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Replant vegetation Action Link |
Beneficial | 7 |
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Disturb soil before seeding/planting Action Link |
Evidence not assessed | 7 |
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Remove or control predators using lethal controls: Tortoises, terrapins, side-necked & softshell turtles Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 7 |
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Apply herbicide to mid- and understorey vegetation Action Link |
Likely to be ineffective or harmful | 7 |
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Create ponds for great crested newts Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 7 |
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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.