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 artificial nesting sites for songbirds Action Link |
Beneficial | 65 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant wild bird seed or cover mixture Action Link |
Beneficial | 40 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide supplementary food for songbirds to increase reproductive success Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 37 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide supplementary food for songbirds to increase adult survival Action Link |
Beneficial | 34 | Synopsis Link | |
Pay farmers to cover the costs of bird conservation measures Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 30 | Synopsis Link | |
Use prescribed burning on pine forests Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 28 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide artificial nesting sites for wildfowl Action Link |
Beneficial | 27 | Synopsis Link | |
Restore or create grasslands Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 23 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide or retain set-aside areas in farmland Action Link |
Beneficial | 22 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide artificial nesting sites for falcons Action Link |
Beneficial | 22 | Synopsis Link | |
Use prescribed burning on grasslands Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 21 | Synopsis Link | |
Control mammalian predators on islands for seabirds Action Link |
Beneficial | 18 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide artificial nesting sites for owls Action Link |
Beneficial | 18 | Synopsis Link | |
Scare birds from fish farms Action Link |
Likely to be ineffective or harmful | 16 | Synopsis Link | |
Use streamer lines to reduce seabird bycatch on longlines Action Link |
Beneficial | 16 | Synopsis Link | |
Restore or create forests Action Link |
Beneficial | 16 | Synopsis Link | |
Plant grass buffer strips/margins around arable or pasture fields for birds Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 15 | Synopsis Link | |
Leave overwinter stubbles Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 14 | Synopsis Link | |
Thin trees within forests Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 14 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide artificial nesting sites for burrow-nesting seabirds Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 14 | Synopsis Link | |
Release captive-bred individuals into the wild to restore or augment wild populations of raptors Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 14 | Synopsis Link | |
Manually control or remove midstorey and ground-level vegetation (including mowing, chaining, cutting etc) in forests Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 13 | Synopsis Link | |
Provide calcium supplements to increase survival or reproductive success Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 13 | Synopsis Link | |
Reduce grazing intensity Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 12 | Synopsis Link | |
Employ grazing in natural grasslands Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 12 | Synopsis Link |
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Bird Conservation - Published 2013
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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.