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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Train tourist guides to minimize disturbance and promote bat conservation Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Provide educational materials at marinas and ports to encourage vessel operators to carry out safe practices around mammals (e.g. signs, leaflets) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Make selective use of spring herbicides Action Link |
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Remove turbine lighting to reduce bat and insect attraction Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Change season/timing of livestock grazing Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Minimize alterations to caves for tourism Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Use acoustic devices on moving vessels Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Use organic rather than mineral fertilisers Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Modify vessels to reduce risk of physical injury to mammals Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Provide sustainable alternative livelihoods; establish fish- or domestic meat farms Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Retain/create habitat corridors in areas of energy production or mining Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Reduce shipping along inland waterways Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Close off potential access points on turbines to prevent roosting bats Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Employ hunters in the conservation sector to reduce their impact Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Backfill trenches dug for pipelines Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Introduce guidelines for sustainable cave development and use Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Limit vessel traffic in shallow rivers Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Plant nettle strips Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Introduce regulations for flying aircraft over marine and freshwater mammals Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Leave unharvested cereal headlands within arable fields Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Provide unfertilised cereal headlands in arable fields Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Provide artificial subterranean bat roosts to replace roosts in reclaimed mines Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Use patch retention harvesting instead of clear-cutting Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Retain/create habitat corridors across service corridors Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Use green engineering techniques on artificial structures - Modify rock dump to make it more similar to natural substrate Action Link |
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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.