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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Avoid building roads in key habitat or migration routes Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Implement a minimum number of roads (& minimize secondary roads) needed to reach mining extraction sites Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Re-use old roads rather than building new roads Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Re-route vehicles around protected areas Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Install speed bumps to reduce vehicle collisions with primates Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Provide adequate signage of presence of primates on or near roads Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Implement no-hunting seasons for primates Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Implement sustainable harvesting of primates (e.g. with permits, resource access agreements) Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Encourage use of traditional hunting methods rather than using guns Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Implement road blocks to inspect cars for illegal primate bushmeat Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Provide medicine to local communities to control killing of primates for medicinal purposes Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Introduce ammunition tax Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Inspect bushmeat markets for illegal primate species Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Inform hunters of the dangers (e.g., disease transmission) of wild primate meat Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Provide sustainable alternative livelihoods; establish fish- or domestic meat farms Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Employ hunters in the conservation sector to reduce their impact Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Use patch retention harvesting instead of clear-cutting Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Implement small and dispersed logging compartments Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Use shelter wood cutting instead of clear-cutting Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Leave hollow trees in areas of selective logging for sleeping sites Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Clear open patches in the forest Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Thin trees within forests Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Manually control or remove secondary mid-storey and ground-level vegetation Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Avoid slashing climbers/lianas, trees housing them, hemi-epiphytic figs, and ground vegetation Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() | |
Incorporate forested corridors or buffers into logged areas Action Link | No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 | ![]() |
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Primate Conservation - Published 2017
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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.