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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Protect spawning fish from capture Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 4 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide artificial shelters Action Link |
Beneficial | 5 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide educational or other training programmes about the marine environment to improve behaviours towards marine invertebrates Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Reduce duration of fishing gear deployments Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 4 | Synopsis Link | |
Reduce duration of time fishing gear is in the water Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 2 | Synopsis Link | |
Reduce fish meal in diet Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 2 | Synopsis Link | |
Reduce seabird bycatch by releasing offal overboard when setting longlines Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 2 | Synopsis Link | |
Reduce the duration of exposure to air of captured fish before release Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 3 | Synopsis Link | |
Reduce the number or modify the arrangement of tickler chains/chain mats on trawl nets Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 | Synopsis Link | |
Refill disused borrow pits Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Regulate wildlife harvesting Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 4 | Synopsis Link | |
Rehabilitate and release injured or accidentally caught individuals: Sea turtles Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 4 | Synopsis Link | |
Rehabilitate and release injured, sick or weak marine and freshwater mammals Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 27 | Synopsis Link | |
Rehabilitate reptiles following oil spills Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Release accidentally caught (‘bycatch’) reptiles Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 3 | Synopsis Link | |
Release captive-bred marine and freshwater mammals to re-establish or boost native populations Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 | Synopsis Link | |
Release captive-bred reptiles into the wild: Sea turtles Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 3 | Synopsis Link | |
Release protected or species of concern alive after capture Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 6 | Synopsis Link | |
Remove and clean-up shoreline waste disposal sites Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Remove and relocate habitat-forming (biogenic) species before onset of impactful activities Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Remove derelict fishing gear from mammals found entangled Action Link |
Beneficial | 2 | Synopsis Link | |
Remove or capture non-native, invasive or other problematic species Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Remove or clean-up oil pollution following a spill Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Replace or repair damaged anti-predator nets around aquaculture systems Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | Synopsis Link | |
Repurpose obsolete offshore structures to act as artificial reefs Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | 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.