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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Provide additional sleeping platforms/nesting sites for primates Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 3 | Synopsis Link | |
Protect roost trees during forest operations 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 greenfield sites or undeveloped land in urban areas 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 bats within roosts from disturbance or predation by native species Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Promote careful bat-related eco-tourism to improve behaviour towards bats Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Prohibit (livestock) farmers from entering protected areas Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 | Synopsis Link | |
Preventative vaccination of habituated or wild primates Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 4 | Synopsis Link | |
Prevent turbine blades from turning at low wind speeds ('feathering') Action Link |
Beneficial | 6 | Synopsis Link | |
Prevent pollution from sewage treatment facilities from entering watercourses Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Prevent pollution from agricultural land or forestry from entering watercourses Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Prevent gene contamination by alien primate species introduced by humans, through exclusion (e.g. fences) or translocation Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Prevent culling of bats around fruit orchards Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant riparian buffer strips Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant new hedges Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant nesting trees/shelter for primates within agricultural fields Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant indigenous trees to re-establish natural tree communities in clear-cut areas Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant indigenous fast-growing trees (will not necessarily resemble original community) in clear-cut areas Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant in-field trees Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant gardens with night-scented flowers Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant field margins with a diverse mix of plant species Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant crops favoured by primates away from primate areas Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | Synopsis Link | |
Permanent presence of staff/manager Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 5 | Synopsis Link | |
Pay farmers to cover the costs of non-harmful strategies to deter primates 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.