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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Manage woody debris before tree planting Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Coppice trees Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Physically damage problematic plants Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Enhance natural habitat features to improve landscape connectivity to allow for range shifts of bats Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Provide educational or other training programmes about the marine environment to improve behaviours towards marine invertebrates Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Use reward removal to prevent non-target species from entering traps Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 1 |
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Employ areas of semi-natural habitat for rough grazing Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 |
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Provide artificial nesting sites for owls Action Link |
Beneficial | 18 |
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Exclude domestic animals or wild hogs by fencing Action Link |
Likely to be ineffective or harmful | 5 |
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Impose restrictions on cave visits Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 3 |
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Add organic matter after tree planting Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Use cutting/mowing to control problematic herbaceous plants Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 4 |
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Provide suitable bat foraging and roosting habitat at expanding range fronts Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Organise educational marine wildlife tours to improve behaviours towards marine invertebrates Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Maintain wood pasture and parkland Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Provide artificial nesting sites for oilbirds Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 1 |
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Retain riparian buffer strips during timber harvest Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 12 |
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Inform the public of ways to reduce disturbance to bats in caves Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Add lime to the soil after tree planting Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Resettle illegal human communities (i.e. in a protected area) to another location Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Change season/timing of cutting/mowing Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Manage natural water bodies in arid areas to prevent desiccation Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Reduce pesticide or fertilizer use Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 3 |
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Exclude grazers from semi-natural habitats Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 11 |
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Provide artificial nesting sites for pigeons Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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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.