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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Modify traps used in the control/eradication of non-native species to avoid injury of non-target mammal Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Use conditioned taste aversion to prevent non-target species from entering traps Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 1 | ||
Use reward removal to prevent non-target species from entering traps Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 1 | ||
Translocate mammals away from site contaminated by oil spill Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Translocate animals from source populations subject to similar climatic conditions Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Apply water to vegetation to increase food availability during drought Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Increase size of protected area Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Increase resources for managing protected areas Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Sterilize predators Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Manage wetland water levels for mammal species Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Provide diversionary feeding for predators Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Cull disease-infected animals Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 1 | ||
Establish populations isolated from disease Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Install barrier fencing along railways Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Install wildlife crosswalks Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Provide more small artificial breeding sites rather than fewer large sites Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Reduce legal speed limit Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Install traffic calming structures to reduce speeds Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Modify the roadside environment to reduce collisions by reducing attractiveness of road verges to mammals Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Ban private ownership of hunted mammals Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Site management for target mammal species carried out by field sport practitioners Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Incentivise species protection through licensed trophy hunting Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Ban exports of hunting trophies Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Close roads in defined seasons Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 | ||
Provide supplementary feed to reduce tree damage Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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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.