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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Pest regulation: Plant hedgerows Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 3 |
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Pest regulation: Plant flowers Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 8 |
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Pest regulation: Grow cover crops in arable fields Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 19 |
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Pest regulation: Exclude grazers Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Pest regulation: Add compost to the soil Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 3 |
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Permanent presence of staff/manager Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 5 |
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Periodically move and relocate moorings Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Pay stakeholders to protect marshes or swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Pay monetary compensation for habitat damage remediation Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Pay landowners to protect peatlands Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Pay farmers to cover the costs of non-harmful strategies to deter primates Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Pay farmers to cover the costs of conservation measures (e.g. agri-environment schemes) Action Link |
Unlikely to be beneficial | 3 |
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Pay farmers to cover the costs of conservation measures Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 5 |
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Pay farmers to cover the costs of conservation measures Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 3 |
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Pay farmers to cover the costs of conservation measures Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Pay farmers to cover the costs of bird conservation measures Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 30 |
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Pay farmers to cover the cost of conservation measures (as in agri-environment schemes) Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 47 |
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Pay farmers to compensate for losses due to predators/wild herbivores to reduce human-wildlife conflict Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 5 |
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Patrol or monitor nesting beaches Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 7 |
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Parrot’s feather: Water level drawdown Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Parrot’s feather: Use of salt Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Parrot’s feather: Use of lightproof barriers Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Parrot’s feather: Use of herbicides - triclopyr Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 5 |
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Parrot’s feather: Use of herbicides - other herbicides Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 14 |
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Parrot’s feather: Use of herbicides - endohall Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 3 |
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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.