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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Translocate solitary bees Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Translocate songbirds Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 12 |
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Translocate species - Translocate crustaceans Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Translocate species - Translocate molluscs Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 7 |
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Translocate species - Translocate worms Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Translocate to establish populations outside of known range Action Link |
Evidence not assessed | 4 |
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Translocate to re-establish or boost populations in native range Action Link |
Beneficial | 64 |
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Translocate to re-establish populations in known or believed former range Action Link |
Evidence not assessed | 16 |
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Translocate toads Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 9 |
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Translocate wildfowl Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 5 |
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Translocate wood frogs Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 3 |
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Translocate woodpeckers Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 7 |
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Transplant captive-bred or hatchery-reared habitat-forming (biogenic) species Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Transplant captive-bred or hatchery-reared individuals of habitat-forming (biogenic) species that are resistant to climate change Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Transplant or replace blocks of vegetation: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Transplant or replace blocks of vegetation: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 4 |
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Transplant or replace wetland soil: brackish/saline swamps Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Transplant or replace wetland soil: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Transplant or replace wetland soil: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 10 |
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Transplant or replace wetland soil: freshwater swamps Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Transplant or seed organisms onto intertidal artificial structures Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 10 |
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Transplant or seed organisms onto subtidal artificial structures Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 11 |
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Transplant trees Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Transplant wetland soil before/after planting non-woody plants: brackish/saline wetlands Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Transplant wetland soil before/after planting non-woody plants: freshwater wetlands Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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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.