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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Use vaccination programme Action Link | Beneficial | 7 | ||
Use drugs to treat parasites Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 7 | ||
Provide/increase anti-poaching patrols Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 7 | ||
Hand-rear orphaned or abandoned young in captivity Action Link | Trade-off between benefit and harms | 6 | ||
Provide supplementary water to increase reproduction/survival Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 6 | ||
Provide diversionary feeding to reduce crop damage by mammals to reduce human-wildlife conflict Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 6 | ||
Release translocated/captive-bred mammals to islands without invasive predators Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 6 | ||
Install tunnels/culverts/underpass under railways Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 6 | ||
Manage vegetation using livestock grazing Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 6 | ||
Remove vegetation using herbicides Action Link | Unlikely to be beneficial | 6 | ||
Install signage to warn motorists about wildlife presence Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 6 | ||
Exclude or limit number of visitors to reserves or protected areas Action Link | Beneficial | 5 | ||
Use collar-mounted devices to reduce predation by domestic animals Action Link | Beneficial | 5 | ||
Pay farmers to compensate for losses due to predators/wild herbivores to reduce human-wildlife conflict Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 5 | ||
Use flags to reduce predation of livestock by mammals to reduce human-wildlife conflict Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 5 | ||
Deter predation of livestock by using shock/electronic dog-training collars to reduce human-wildlife conflict Action Link | Beneficial | 5 | ||
Release translocated/captive-bred mammals in larger unrelated groups Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 5 | ||
Use target species distress calls or signals to deter crop damage by mammals to reduce human-wildlife conflict Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 5 | ||
Restore or create forest Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 5 | ||
Prohibit or restrict hunting of a species Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 5 | ||
Use chemical repellents along roads or railways Action Link | Unlikely to be beneficial | 5 | ||
Provide mammals with escape routes from canals Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 5 | ||
Establish wild flower areas on farmland Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 4 | ||
Provide or retain set-aside areas on farmland Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 4 | ||
Plant trees on farmland Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 4 |
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Terrestrial Mammal Conservation - Published 2020
Terrestrial Mammal Conservation
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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.