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 | |
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Prevent pollution from agricultural land or forestry from entering watercourses Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Prevent pollution from sewage treatment facilities from entering watercourses Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Prevent turbine blades from turning at low wind speeds ('feathering') Action Link |
Beneficial | 6 | Synopsis Link | |
Preventative vaccination of habituated or wild primates Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 4 | Synopsis Link | |
Prohibit (livestock) farmers from entering protected areas Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 | Synopsis Link | |
Promote careful bat-related eco-tourism to improve behaviour towards bats Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Protect bats within roosts from disturbance or predation by native species Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Protect brownfield or ex-industrial sites Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Protect greenfield sites or undeveloped land in urban areas Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Protect important food/nest trees before burning Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Protect roost trees during forest operations Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide additional sleeping platforms/nesting sites for primates Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 3 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide adequate signage of presence of primates on or near roads Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide alternative bat roosts during maintenance work at road/railway bridges and culverts Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide artificial subterranean bat roosts to replace roosts in disturbed caves Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide artificial subterranean bat roosts to replace roosts in reclaimed mines Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide artificial water sources Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 4 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide bat boxes for roosting bats Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 44 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide better equipment (e.g. guns) to anti-poaching ranger patrols Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 3 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide domestic meat to workers of the logging company to reduce hunting Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide medicine to local communities to control killing of primates for medicinal purposes Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide monetary benefits to local communities for sustainably managing their forest and its wildlife (e.g. REDD, employment) Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 3 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide non-monetary benefits to local communities for sustainably managing their forest and its wildlife (e.g. better education, infrastructure development) Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide or retain set-aside areas in farmland Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide sacrificial rows of crops on outer side of fields Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis 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.