Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Insulate power pylons to prevent electrocutionA single before-and-after study in the USA found the insulating power pylons significantly reduced the number of Harris’s hawks Parabuteo unicinctus electrocuted.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F268https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F268Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:10:27 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Use perch-deterrents to stop raptors perching on pylonsA single controlled study from the USA found significantly lower raptor activity close to perch-deterrent power lines, compared to control lines. No data were provided on electrocution rates.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F269https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F269Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:21:29 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Reduce electrocutions by using plastic, not aluminium, leg rings to mark birdsA replicated and controlled study in the USA found no evidence for lower electrocution rates for raptors marked with plastic leg rings, compared to metal ones.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F270https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F270Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:27:10 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Promote sustainable alternative livelihoodsA single before-and-after study in Costa Rica found an increase in a scarlet macaw Ara macao population following several interventions including the promotion of sustainable, macaw-based livelihoods.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F273https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F273Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:25:59 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Employ local people as ‘biomonitors’A single replicated study in Venezuela found that poaching of parrot nestlings was significantly lower following the employment of five young men as ‘biomonitors’.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F275https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F275Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:15:50 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Mark eggs to reduce their appeal to egg collectorsA single before-and-after study found that marking eggs greatly increased the number of chicks fledging from six raptor nests in Australia in 1979 and 1980.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F276https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F276Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:25:58 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Relocate nestlings to reduce poachingA replicated before-and-after study in Venezuela found significant decreases in poaching rate and increased fledging rates of parrots after wild chicks were moved into police premises each night.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F277https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F277Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:28:18 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Introduce voluntary ‘maximum shoot distances’A replicated, randomised before-and-after study from Denmark found that significantly fewer pink-footed geese Anser brachyrhynchus were wounded but not killed, following the implementation of a voluntary maximum shooting distance.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F279https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F279Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:44:12 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Move fish-eating birds to reduce conflict with fishermenA single before-and-after study in the USA found that Caspian tern Sterna caspia chicks had a lower proportion of commercial fish in their diet following the movement of the colony away from an important fishery.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F281https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F281Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:58:27 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Turn deck lights off during night-time setting of longlines to reduce bycatchA single replicated and controlled study in the South Atlantic found significantly lower bycatch rates when deck lights were turned off during line setting at night.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F284https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F284Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:11:52 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Use bait throwers to reduce seabird bycatchA study from Australia found significantly lower seabird bycatch on longlines set with a bait thrower.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F291https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F291Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:50:50 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Dye baits to reduce seabird bycatchA randomised replicated and controlled study in Hawaii found that dying bait blue significantly reduced the number of attacks from albatross on baits being set.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F293https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F293Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:57:28 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Use a sonic scarer when setting longlines to reduce seabird bycatchA single study from the South Atlantic found that seabird bycatch rates did not appear to be lower on longlines set with a sonic scarer, and that changes in seabird behaviour due to the scarer were only temporary.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F295https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F295Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:59:51 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Thaw bait before setting lines to reduce seabird bycatchA single study from Australia found that lines set using thawed baits caught significantly fewer seabirds than controls.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F298https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F298Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:24:13 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Use acoustic alerts on gillnets to reduce seabird bycatchA repeated, randomised and controlled trial in the USA found that sonic alerts reduced the number of common guillemots Uria aalge but not rhinoceros auklets Cerorhinca monocerata caught in gillnets.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F301https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F301Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:02:45 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Use bird exclusion devices (BEDs) such as ‘Brickle curtains’ to reduce seabird mortality when hauling longlinesA study of longliners in the South Atlantic found that fewer seabirds were caught on longlines hauled under BEDs with two booms, compared to those with a single boom.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F302https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F302Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:03:33 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Use high-visibility mesh on gillnets to reduce seabird bycatch A repeated, randomised and controlled trial in the USA found that having gillnets made partially from high-visibility mesh was effective in reducing seabird bycatch. Having a greater percentage (25% vs. 10%) of the net made from high-visibility mesh was more effective, but also reduced catch of the target species.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F303https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F303Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:10:09 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Mark trawler warp cables to reduce seabird collisionsA replicated, controlled study in Argentina found that seabird mortality from collisions with trawler warp cables was much lower when the cables were marked.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F305https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F305Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:15:42 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Use voluntary agreements with local people to reduce disturbanceA before-and-after trial in the USA found significantly lower disturbance rates following the establishment of a voluntary waterfowl avoidance area (VWAA), despite an overall increase in boat traffic.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F313https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F313Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:06:42 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Start educational programmes for personal watercraft ownersA before-and-after trial in the USA found that rates of disturbance by personal watercraft decreased and reproductive success of common terns Sterna hirundo increased following a series of educational programmes aimed at recreational boat users.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F314https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F314Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:11:40 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Habituate birds to human visitorsA replicated, controlled study from Australia found that bridled terns Sterna anaethetus in heavily disturbed had similar or higher reproductive success compared with less-disturbed sites, possibly suggesting that habituation had occurred.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F315https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F315Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:18:05 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Use nest covers to reduce the impact of research on predation of ground-nesting seabirdsA before-and-after study in Canada found that protecting Caspian tern Sterna caspia nests after researchers disturbed parents from them significantly increased hatching success. This was due to a reduction in predation by ring-billed gulls Larus delawarensis.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F316https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F316Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:26:31 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Use variable retention management during forestry operationsA replicated, controlled study from the USA found that nine bird species occurred at higher densities in stands under variable retention management, compared to control stands. Five were found at lower densities.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F332https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F332Sat, 28 Jul 2012 14:02:54 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Use shelterwood cutting instead of clearcuttingA replicated study from the USA found that community composition of birds in shelterwood stands differed from other forestry practices, with some species more abundant and others less so.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F333https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F333Sat, 28 Jul 2012 14:08:41 +0100Collected Evidence: Collected Evidence: Remove midstorey from savannasA controlled study in Argentina found that in summer, but not overall, a control area had higher bird abundance and species richness than an area where shrubs were removed. There were also differences in community composition between treatments.  Collected Evidencehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F336https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservationevidence.com%2Factions%2F336Sat, 28 Jul 2012 14:54:45 +0100
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