Conservation Evidence: Evidence Data

2399 Actions found

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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Action	Effectiveness	Studies	Category
Use a water cannon when setting longlines to reduce seabird bycatch Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link
Use a square mesh instead of a diamond mesh codend on trawl nets Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	1	Synopsis Link
Use a sonic scarer when setting longlines to reduce seabird bycatch Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	1	Synopsis Link
Use a smaller beam trawl Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	1	Synopsis Link
Use a pulse trawl instead of a beam trawl Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	1	Synopsis Link
Use a midwater/semi-pelagic trawl instead of bottom/demersal trawl Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	1	Synopsis Link
Use a line shooter to reduce seabird bycatch Action Link	Likely to be ineffective or harmful	2	Synopsis Link
Use a larger mesh size on trammel nets Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	1	Synopsis Link
Use a larger codend mesh size on trawl nets Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	1	Synopsis Link
Use a different type of anchor Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link
Use a different technique when laying and burying cables and pipelines Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link
Use 1% barley in wheat crops for corn buntings Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link
Use 1% barley in wheat crops for corn buntings Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link
Use ‘shock collars’ to deter crop damage by mammals to reduce human-wildlife conflict Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	1	Synopsis Link
Use ‘mussel socks’ to prevent birds from attacking shellfish Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	1	Synopsis Link
Use ‘mosaic management’ Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	2	Synopsis Link
Use ‘flying training’ before release Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	1	Synopsis Link
Use ‘cat curfews’ to reduce predation Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link
Use ‘bracken bruiser’ to control bracken Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	1	Synopsis Link
Use ‘anti-predator training’ to improve survival after release Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	2	Synopsis Link
Use 'warm white' rather than 'cool' LED lights Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link
Use 'set-asides' for primate protection within logging area Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link
Use 'set-aside' areas of natural habitat for primate protection within mining area Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link
Undersow spring cereals, with clover for example Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	18	Synopsis Link
Undersow spring cereals, with clover for example Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	5	Synopsis Link

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What Works in Conservation provides expert assessments of the effectiveness of actions, based on summarised evidence, in synopses. Subjects covered so far include amphibians, birds, terrestrial mammals, forests, peatland and control of freshwater invasive species. More are in progress.

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